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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.37.pr

Admission of Co-Heirship by Suing for Division

Passage 1675 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that bringing an action for the division of an inheritance implies admitting that the adversary is a co-heir.

[SCAEUOLA libro duodecimo quaestionum. ] §10.2.37.prQui familiae erciscundae iudicio agit, confitetur aduersarium sibi esse coheredem.
[SCAEUOLA, from the twelfth book of Questions.] He who brings an action for the division of an inheritance admits that his adversary is a co-heir with him.

Notes

  1. §10.2.37.prQui — The antecedent demonstrative pronoun (such as is) is omitted, and the relative clause 'Qui... agit' functions as a noun clause serving as the subject of the main verb confitetur.
  2. §10.2.37.prconfitetur aduersarium sibi esse coheredem — This is an accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction acting as the object of the verb confitetur, where aduersarium is the subject accusative, coheredem is the predicate accusative, and esse is the infinitive. The dative of the reflexive pronoun sibi refers to the subject of the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.37.pr

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