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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.15.pr

Incapacity of Those Doubting or Mistaken on Their Status

Passage 4105 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus states, citing a rescript of the divine Pius, that those who doubt or are mistaken about their status cannot make a testament.

[ULPIANUS libro duodecimo ad edictum. ] §28.1.15.prDe statu suo dubitantes uel errantes testamentum facere non possunt, ut diuus Pius rescripsit.
[ULPIANUS, in the twelfth book on the Edict.] Those who doubt or are mistaken about their status cannot make a testament, as the divine Pius declared in a rescript.

Notes

  1. §28.1.15.prdubitantes uel errantes — The present participles `dubitantes` and `errantes` are nominative plural masculine (or common), acting substantively as the subject ("those who doubt or are mistaken"). The prepositional phrase `De statu suo` modifies both participles.
  2. §28.1.15.prrescripsit — The perfect active indicative third-person singular of the verb `rescribere` (to reply in writing, issue a rescript). It refers to the official legal reply (rescriptum) issued by a Roman emperor (here, Antoninus Pius) to an inquiry. Conjoined with `ut` ("as"), it introduces the imperial authority supporting the rule.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.15.pr

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