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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.6.pr-28.1.6.1

Testamentary Incapacity of Sons and Deaf-Mutes

Passage 4096 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that a person under paternal power cannot make a valid testament even with the father's permission, and that although deaf and mute persons are generally unable to make a testament, a testament already made remains valid if they subsequently become deaf or mute.

[GAIUS libro septimo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §28.1.6.prQui in potestate parentis est, testamenti faciendi ius non habet, adeo ut, quamuis pater ei permittat, nihilo magis tamen iure testari possit.
[GAIUS, in the seventeenth book on the provincial edict.] He who is under the power of a parent does not have the right of making a testament, so much so that, even if his father permits him, he can nevertheless none the more make a testament with legal validity.
§28.1.6.1Surdus mutus testamentum facere non possunt: sed si quis post testamentum factum ualetudine aut quolibet alio casu mutus aut surdus esse coeperit, ratum nihilo minus permanet testamentum.
A deaf person and a mute person cannot make a testament; but if anyone, after a testament has been made, should begin to be mute or deaf due to illness or any other accident, the testament nevertheless remains valid.

Notes

  1. §28.1.6.prnihilo magis — Consisting of the ablative of degree of difference `nihilo` (by nothing) and the comparative adverb `magis` (more), it means "none the more" or "not in any higher degree". It emphasizes that even with the father's permission (`permittat`), the legal validity (`iure`) of the testament is not increased at all compared to when there is no permission.
  2. §28.1.6.1post testamentum factum — The preposition `post` is combined with the noun `testamentum` (accusative) and the perfect passive participle `factum` to express the event as a whole, meaning "after the making of the testament" (or "after the testament has been made") rather than "after the made testament". This is a construction of the *ab urbe condita* type.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.6.pr-28.1.6.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.6.pr-28.1.6.1

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