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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.22.pr

Institution as Heir of a Slave Donated Mortis Causa

Passage 3532 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses whether the testamentary institution of a slave as heir with freedom is valid when the slave had been donated to the wife mortis causa, depending on whether the testator intended to revoke the donation.

[IDEM libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §24.1.22.prUxori suae quis mortis causa seruum donauit eumque cum libertate heredem scripsit: an ualeat institutio, quaeritur.
[THE SAME, in the third book on Sabinus.] Someone made a donation mortis causa of a slave to his wife and designated him in his will as heir with freedom: it is asked whether the institution is valid.
et puto, si hoc animo eum scripsit heredem, quod donationis se dixit paenituisse, ualere institutionem et necessarium heredem domino seruum fieri: ceterum si, posteaquam heredem instituit, donauit, donatio praeualebit, uel si ante donauit, non tamen adimendi animo libertatem adscripsit.
And I think that if he designated him as heir with this intention, namely, because he said he regretted the donation, the institution is valid and the slave becomes a necessary heir to his master: but if he made the donation after he instituted him as heir, the donation will prevail; or if he made the donation beforehand, yet wrote down the freedom not with the intention of revoking [the donation].

Notes

  1. §24.1.22.prhoc animo... quod... — The clause introduced by quod with the accusative and infinitive se... paenituisse stands in apposition to hoc animo, explaining the content of the intention.
  2. §24.1.22.prdomino seruum fieri — domino is a dative of relation or reference depending on necessarium heredem... fieri. It expresses that the slave becomes a "necessary heir" (heres necessarius) with respect to his master (the deceased testator).
  3. §24.1.22.pradimendi animo — adimendi is the genitive of the gerund of adimo (to take away or revoke), modifying animo. In this context, it refers to the intention of revoking the previously made donation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.22.pr

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