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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.1.13.pr

Validity of a Mandate to Purchase for Heirs Post-Mortem

Passage 2453 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The opinion of Gaius that a mandate to purchase land for one's heirs after one's death is likewise valid as a mandate to be performed post-mortem.

[GAIUS libro decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §17.1.13.prIdem est et si mandaui tibi, ut post mortem meam heredibus meis emeres fundum.
[GAIUS libro decimo ad edictum prouinciale.] The same holds good even if I commissioned you to buy a tract of land for my heirs after my death.

Notes

  1. §17.1.13.prIdem est — "It is the same" means that, just as the mandate to be performed after death (such as erecting a monument) discussed in the previous fragment (D. 17.1.12.17) is valid and gives rise to a direct action on mandate for the heir, the mandate to purchase land for the heirs in this case is also valid.
  2. §17.1.13.prheredibus meis — "For my heirs" is a dative functioning as a dative of benefit (dativus commodi). It imposes an obligation on the mandatary to purchase for the benefit of the heirs, granting the mandator (or the heirs themselves after his death) the right to demand performance.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.1.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.1.13.pr

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