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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.9.pr

Entry upon Inheritance and the Validity of Tutors

Passage 3755 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that while the entire will is invalid if no heir enters upon the inheritance, the appointment of guardianships becomes valid immediately if even one of several heirs enters upon it, without waiting for the others.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Quintum Mucium. ] §26.2.9.prSi nemo hereditatem adierit, nihil ualet ex his, quae testamento scripta sunt: si uero unus ex pluribus adierit, tutelae statim ualent nec exspectandum erit, ut omnes hereditatem adeant.
[POMPONIUS, from the third book on Quintus Mucius.] If no one enters upon the inheritance, nothing of those things which are written in the will is valid; but if indeed one out of several enters upon it, the guardianships are immediately valid, nor will it be necessary to wait for all to enter upon the inheritance.

Notes

  1. §26.2.9.pradierit — The future perfect tense in the conditional clauses `si nemo ... adierit` and `si uero unus ... adierit`. It indicates a prior completed condition relative to the present `ualet` or future `erit` in the main clause.
  2. §26.2.9.prexspectandum erit, ut — The impersonal passive periphrastic `exspectandum erit` (it will have to be waited) is followed by `ut` with the subjunctive (`adeant`), functioning as a noun clause to show what is to be waited for ("that all enter upon the inheritance").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.9.pr

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