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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.2.48.pr

Death of a Litigant and Joint Heirs in Partition Actions

Passage 1686 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Rules on how a partition action must proceed when one of the litigants dies leaving multiple heirs, stating that the action cannot be split and they must either all join or appoint a single procurator.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum. ] §10.2.48.prSi familiae erciscundae uel communi diuidundo uel finium regundorum actum sit et unus ex litigatoribus decesserit pluribus heredibus relictis, non potest in partes iudicium scindi, sed aut omnes heredes accipere id debent aut dare unum procuratorem, in quem omnium nomine iudicium agatur.
[PAULUS, from the twelfth book on Sabinus.] If an action for the partition of an inheritance, for the division of common property, or for the regulation of boundaries has been brought, and one of the litigants dies leaving several heirs, the trial cannot be split into parts, but either all the heirs must accept the trial, or they must appoint a single procurator against whom the action may be conducted in the name of all.

Notes

  1. §10.2.48.practum sit — Impersonal passive subjunctive perfect of the verb `agere` (to bring an action), meaning "if an action has been brought" without a grammatically expressed subject.
  2. §10.2.48.praccipere id — `id` refers to the preceding `iudicium` (trial/action). The expression `iudicium accipere` is a technical legal term in Roman civil procedure meaning to formally accept the trial or undertake the litigation as a party.
  3. §10.2.48.prin quem ... iudicium agatur — The relative pronoun `quem` refers to `procuratorem` (procurator). Paired with the preposition `in` (against), it introduces a relative clause of purpose or characteristic with the subjunctive verb `agatur` ("against whom the trial may be conducted in the name of all").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.2.48.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.2.48.pr

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