- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.3.14.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Clarifies the scope of a hereditary debtor, stating that it makes no difference whether the debt arises from contract or delict, and includes acts done before the acceptance of the inheritance.
[PAULUS libro uicensimo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS, in the twentieth book on the Edict.]
Sed utrum ex delicto an ex contractu debitor sit, nihil refert. debitor autem hereditarius intellegitur is quoque qui seruo hereditario promisit, uel qui ante aditam hereditatem1 damnum dedit
But whether one is a debtor from a delict or from a contract makes no difference. Moreover, a hereditary debtor is understood to include also him who made a promise to a hereditary slave, or who caused damage before the inheritance was accepted.
- 5.3.14.prante aditam hereditatem
The preposition ante governs the accusative phrase consisting of the noun hereditatem and the perfect passive participle aditam (from the verb adeo, meaning to enter upon or accept) in agreement. This is a dominant participle construction (akin to "ab urbe condita"), literally meaning "before the inheritance having been accepted," but structurally functioning as "before the acceptance of the inheritance" or "before the inheritance was accepted."