Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.5.pr

Definition and Distinction of Family and Hereditary Tombs

Passage 1808 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The definition of family tombs and hereditary tombs, the former being established for oneself and one's family, and the latter for oneself and one's heirs.

[GAIUS libro nono decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §11.7.5.prFamiliaría sepulchra dicuntur, quae quis sibi familiaeque suae constituit, hereditaria autem, quae quis sibi heredibusque suis constituit

[GAIUS in the nineteenth book on the Provincial Edict.] Family tombs are those which someone has established for himself and his family, whereas hereditary tombs are those which someone has established for himself and his heirs.

Notes

11.7.5.prquae quis sibi familiaeque suae constituit — The antecedent of the relative pronoun quae is the subject of the main clause, familiaria sepulchra (or an understood demonstrative ea as the predicate complement), meaning 'those which...'. quis is an indefinite pronoun meaning 'someone', and sibi is the reflexive pronoun referring back to the subject quis. In the subsequent clause starting with hereditaria autem, the same structure quae quis... constituit is repeated in parallel, with the main verb dicuntur omitted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.5.pr

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