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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.2.pr

Soundness of Mind Versus Physical Health for Testaments

Passage 4092 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Labeo points out that what is required for a testament to be valid is soundness of mind at the time of making the testament, not physical health.

[LABEO libro primo posteriorum a Iauoleno epitomatorum. ] §28.1.2.prIn eo qui testatur eius temporis, quo testamentum facit, integritas mentis, non corporis sanitas exigenda est.
[LABEO, in the first book of his Posthumous Works epitomized by Javolenus.] In the case of one who makes a testament, soundness of mind at the very time when he makes the testament, not health of body, is to be required.

Notes

  1. §28.1.2.preius temporis — This genitive phrase temporally limits and modifies the subject `integritas`, meaning "(soundness of mind) of that time." The relative clause `quo testamentum facit` modifies `temporis`.
  2. §28.1.2.prexigenda est — A periphrastic conjugation expressing obligation or necessity consisting of the gerundive `exigenda` and `est`, agreeing with the feminine singular subject `integritas`. It also grammatically applies to the contrasted subject `corporis sanitas`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.2.pr

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