- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
Gaius explains that this action is not available to an heir because the ability to recover the money paid by the deceased is sufficient for the heir.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, book 4]
Haec actio heredi quidem non competit,1 quia sufficere ei debet, quod eam pecuniam quam defunctus dedit repetere potest:2
This action indeed is not available to an heir, because it ought to be sufficient for him that he can recover the money which the deceased gave.
- 3.6.4.prheredi ... non competit
The verb competere takes the dative case (heredi, the dative singular of heres) to mean "to be legally available to" or "to belong to" (said of actions or rights).
- 3.6.4.prquod eam pecuniam quam defunctus dedit repetere potest
The clause introduced by the conjunction quod functions as the subject (subject clause) of the impersonal verbal phrase sufficere ei debet ("it ought to be sufficient for him").