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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.45.pr-10.2.45.1

Claims of Individual Ownership and Slave Malice in Division

Passage 1683 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses whether property claimed as individual ownership by one heir and malice committed by an heir's slave fall within the scope of the action for division of an inheritance.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio decimo ad Sabinum. ] §10.2.45.prSi quid contendis ex hereditate mihi tecum commune esse, quod ego ex alia causa meum proprium esse dico, id in familiae erciscundae iudicium non uenit.
[POMPONIUS, from the thirteenth book on Sabinus.] If you contend that some item from the inheritance is common to me and you, which I claim to be my own individual property on another ground, this does not come into the action for division of an inheritance.
§10.2.45.1Dolus, quem seruus heredis admisit, in iudicium familiae erciscundae non uenit, nisi si domini culpa in hoc erat, quod non idoneum seruum rei communi applicuerit.
Malice committed by a slave of an heir does not come into the action for division of an inheritance, unless the master's fault lay in this, that he employed an unsuitable slave for the common business.

Notes

  1. 10.2.45.prex hereditate — The prepositional phrase ex hereditate ('from the inheritance') can modify either the indefinite pronoun quid ('something') to mean 'something from the inheritance,' or the phrase commune esse to mean 'is common [between you and me] by virtue of the inheritance.' In either case, the substantive meaning is consistent, reflecting that the opposing party claims the item is common on the basis of the inheritance.
  2. 10.2.45.1quod non idoneum seruum rei communi applicuerit — The clause introduced by the conjunction quod is an appositive (noun) clause explaining the specific content of the preceding in hoc ('in this'). The verb applicuerit is in the subjunctive mood (perfect), which reflects either the subjective action of the master as the basis of the fault (culpa) or the character of a subordinate clause dependent on a conditional/negative main clause (nisi...).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.45.pr-10.2.45.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.45.pr-10.2.45.1

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