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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.3.pr

The Institution of Testaments as a Matter of Public Law

Passage 4093 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus declares that the making of a testament (or the institution of testament) is not a matter of private law, but of public law.

[PAPINIANUS libro quarto decimo quaestionum. ] §28.1.3.prTestamenti factio non priuati, sed publici iuris est.
[PAPINIANUS, in the fourteenth book of Questions.] The making of a testament is not a matter of private, but of public law.

Notes

  1. §28.1.3.prtestamenti factio — Refers to the "making of a testament," or more broadly "testamentary capacity" or the "institution of testament." It highlights that, although it involves individual decisions, its rules and validity are governed by public order (public law) rather than private agreements.
  2. §28.1.3.prpriuati, sed publici iuris est — The genitive phrases `priuati iuris` and `publici iuris` are used predicatively with `est` (genitive of characteristic or property) to indicate jurisdiction or domain, meaning "is a matter of" or "belongs to" private or public law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.3.pr

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