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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.17.pr

Single Damages in Division Actions for Heir Misconduct

Passage 1654 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius states that when one heir causes damage, only the single value of the damage should be assessed in the trial for dividing a family inheritance.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §10.2.17.prDamno commisso ab uno herede conueniens est dicere simpli habendam aestimationem in familiae erciscundae iudicio.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, book 7] When damage has been committed by one heir, it is appropriate to say that an estimation of the single value is to be held in the trial for dividing a family inheritance.

Notes

  1. §10.2.17.prsimpli — Genitive of the noun (or adjective) simplum, meaning "of the single value." In contrast to multiple damages that might be penal, it indicates that only the actual single value of the damage should be assessed in this specific action, corresponding to "in simplum" in the preceding section (10.2.16.6).
  2. §10.2.17.prhabendam — Gerundive of habere (to have, hold, or make) in the feminine accusative singular, agreeing with aestimationem. With the omission of esse, it forms a future passive infinitive construction (gerundive of obligation) acting as the object of dicere: "that an estimation is to be held."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.17.pr

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