- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
This text addresses the granting of actions to treasury purchasers of inheritance, the recovery of pledged items by the debtor's heir, and the liability of possessors for the deterioration of estates due to neglect.
[IULIANUS libro sexto digestorum.]
[JULIANUS in his sixth book of the Digest.]
Ei, qui partes1 hereditarias uel totam a fisco mercatus fuerit, non est iniquum dari actionem, per quam uniuersa bona persequatur, quemadmodum ei, cui ex Trebelliano senatus consulto hereditas restituta est, petitio hereditatis datur.
It is not unjust that an action be granted to one who has purchased hereditary shares or the whole inheritance from the treasury, through which he may pursue the entire property, just as a petition for inheritance is granted to one to whom an inheritance has been restored under the Trebellian senatusconsultum.
Heres debitoris id quod defunctus pignori dederat quin hereditatem petendo consequi possit, dubium non est.2
There is no doubt that the heir of a debtor can, by petitioning for the inheritance, recover that which the deceased had given in pledge.
Cum praedia urbana et rustica neglegentia possessorum peiora sint facta, ueluti quia uineae pomaria horti extra consuetudinem patris familias defuncti culta sunt: litis aestimationem earum rerum, quanto peiores sint factae,3 possessores pati debent.
When urban and rustic estates have deteriorated through the negligence of the possessors, as for example because the vineyards, orchards, and gardens were cultivated contrary to the custom of the deceased head of the household, the possessors must submit to the assessment of damages for those things, to the extent that they have deteriorated.
- 5.3.54.prEi, qui partes...
The main syntactic structure of the clause rests on the accusative with infinitive 'dari actionem' following 'non est iniquum'. The dative 'Ei' functions as the logical recipient of 'dari' or the whole expression ('for one who...'). The subjunctive 'persequatur' in the relative clause 'per quam...' expresses characteristic or purpose.
- 5.3.54.1quin... possit, dubium non est
This is an idiomatic construction 'dubium non est quin + subjunctive' meaning 'there is no doubt that...'. The subject 'Heres debitoris' also serves as the logical subject of 'possit' within the 'quin' clause.
- 5.3.54.2quanto peiores sint factae
This is an indirect question clause introduced by the interrogative adjective 'quanto', using the subjunctive 'sint factae'. It qualifies or specifies the noun phrase 'litis aestimationem' (assessment of damages) regarding the extent of the deterioration.