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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.23.pr

Validity of a Resealed Will Opened by the Testator

Passage 4113 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a testament unsealed by the testator remains valid under both civil and praetorian law if it is sealed again with the seals of seven witnesses.

[IDEM libro quarto disputationum. ] §28.1.23.prSi testamentum, quod resignauerit testator, iterum signatum fuerit septem testium signis, non erit inperfectum, sed utroque iure ualebit tam ciuili quam praetorio.
[BY THE SAME AUTHOR, in the fourth book of Disputations.] a testament, which the testator has unsealed, has been sealed again with the seals of seven witnesses, it will not be imperfect, but will be valid under both laws, as well the civil as the praetorian.

Notes

  1. §28.1.23.prresignauerit — The verb resignauerit in the relative clause quod resignauerit testator is a perfect indicative (or future perfect), expressing an action that occurred prior to the main conditional action of signatum fuerit ("which the testator has unsealed").
  2. §28.1.23.prutroque iure ... tam ciuili quam praetorio — utroque iure is an ablative meaning "under both laws," which is further specified and explained in apposition by the subsequent correlative phrase tam ciuili quam praetorio ("as well the civil as the praetorian").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.23.pr

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