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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.11.pr

Testamentary Capacity of Hostages and Exceptions by Permission

Passage 4101 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that hostages are generally barred from making a testament, with an exception for cases where they have been granted permission.

[ULPIANUS libro decimo ad Sabinum. ] §28.1.11.prObsides testari non possunt, nisi eis permittitur.
[ULPIANUS, in the tenth book on Sabinus.] Hostages cannot make a testament, unless it is permitted to them.

Notes

  1. §28.1.11.prnisi eis permittitur — The verb permittitur is used as an impersonal passive meaning 'it is permitted to them [to make a testament]'. The indicative present is employed rather than the subjunctive to denote a factual condition (e.g., an actual privilege or treaty allowing it) rather than a purely hypothetical situation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.11.pr

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