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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.1.pr

Contractual Relation of Funeral Expenses Deemed with the Deceased

Passage 1804 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is established as a legal principle that a person who incurs expenses for a funeral is deemed to have contracted with the deceased, rather than with the heir.

[ULPIANUS libro decimo ad edictum. ] §11.7.1.prQui propter funus aliquid impendit, cum defuncto contrahere creditur, non cum herede.
[ULPIANUS in the tenth book on the Edict.] He who has incurred expenses for a funeral is deemed to contract with the deceased, not with the heir.

Notes

  1. §11.7.1.prcreditur — The passive form of the verb `credere` (third-person singular) is used in a personal construction (nominativus cum infinitivo) with the subject of the relative clause (`qui ... impendit`), meaning 'is believed/deemed to...'. The infinitive `contrahere` depends on this verb.
  2. §11.7.1.prdefuncto — The ablative masculine singular of the perfect participle of `defungor` (to die, finish), used substantively to mean 'the deceased' or 'the decedent'. It functions as the object of the preposition `cum` denoting association.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.1.pr

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