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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.4.5.pr

Discretionary Action Against an Heir for Performance

Passage 2078 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a discretionary action is available against an heir who has been ordered by a testator to perform a performance at a certain place.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §13.4.5.prSi hares a testatore iussus sit certo loco quid dare, arbitraria actio competit:
[PAUL from the twenty-eighth book on the edict.] If an heir has been ordered by a testator to give something at a certain place, a discretionary action is available.

Notes

  1. §13.4.5.prquid — After the conjunction `si` (if), the indefinite pronoun `quid` is used instead of `aliquid` (something).
  2. §13.4.5.priussus sit certo loco quid dare — A personal passive construction where the passive verb `iussus sit` (from `iubeo`, to order) is accompanied by the infinitive `dare` (to give). The subject `hares` (heir) acts as the nominative subject of both the passive verb and the infinitive.
  3. §13.4.5.prcompetit — In legal texts, the verb `competere` is used in the sense of an action or right being "available," "applicable," or "competent."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.4.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.4.5.pr

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