Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.31.pr

Prohibition of Confiscation for Boasting Emperor as Heir

Passage 4121 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that the treasury cannot seize the property of an individual solely because they had boasted of intention to make the Emperor their heir.

[IDEM libro quinto sententiarum. ] §28.1.31.prEius bona, qui se imperatorem facturum heredem esse iactauerat, a fisco occupari non possunt.

[THE SAME in the fifth book of Opinions.] The property of a person who had boasted that he would make the Emperor his heir cannot be seized by the treasury.

Notes

§28.1.31.prse imperatorem facturum heredem esse iactauerat — This is an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction dependent on the verb iactauerat (had boasted). The pronoun se functions as the subject accusative of the infinitive, with the future active participle facturum (with esse omitted, or connected with the final esse) serving as the predicate. The nouns imperatorem and heredem form a double accusative (object and predicate accusative) with facio (to make), meaning 'that he would make the Emperor his heir.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.31.pr

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