- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.3.6.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
This section rules on the conditions for paying a legacy when a will is alleged to be forged, and prohibits payment to the accuser of forgery if an inquiry is underway.
[IDEM libro septuagensimo quinto ad edictum.]
[THE SAME in the seventy-fifth book on the Edict.]
Si testamentum falsum esse dicatur et ex eo legatum petatur, uel praestandum est oblata cautione uel quaerendum1 an debeatur, etsi testamentum falsum esse dicatur, ei tamen qui falsi2 accusat, si suscepta cognitio est, non est dandum.
If a will is alleged to be forged and a legacy is claimed under it, either it must be paid upon security being offered, or it must be investigated whether it is due; nevertheless, even if the will is alleged to be forged, if an inquiry has been undertaken, it must not be paid to the person who accuses of forgery.
- 5.3.6.prpraestandum est ... quaerendum
A parallel structure of the gerundive (passive periphrastic) with 'est'. 'praestandum est' takes 'legatum' (the legacy) as its implied subject, while 'quaerendum' (with 'est' omitted) takes the following indirect question clause 'an debeatur' (whether it is due) as its subject.
- 5.3.6.prfalsi
The genitive neuter singular of the noun 'falsum' (forgery). It functions as the genitive of charge/crime dependent on the verb of accusing, 'accusat' ('to accuse of forgery').