[PAULUS libro tertio sententiarum. ] §28.1.10.prQui manus amisit testamentum facere potest, quamuis scribere non possit.
[PAULUS, in the third book of Opinions.] One who has lost his hands can make a testament, although he cannot write.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.10.pr
Capacity to Make a Will Without Hands to Write
Summary
Paulus states that a person who has lost their hands and is unable to write is still legally capable of making a testament.
Notes
- §28.1.10.prmanus — The accusative plural of the fourth-declension feminine noun `manus, -us`. Here it denotes losing "both hands" or "the use of one's hands."
- §28.1.10.prquamuis scribere non possit — A concessive clause introduced by the conjunction `quamuis` ("although", "even though"), which, according to classical usage, takes the subjunctive verb `possit` (present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular).
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