Validity of a Will Made by an Accused Dying in Custody

Notes

1. §28.1.9.prindemnatus — A predicative adjective agreeing with the subject quis, meaning "without being condemned". Since the loss of testamentary capacity occurs upon condemnation, death prior to condemnation preserves the validity of the testament.
2. §28.1.9.prfuerit defunctus — The future perfect third-person singular of the deponent verb defungor (to die). While defunctus erit is more standard in classical prose, the use of fuerit as the auxiliary verb is common in legal Latin to emphasize the completed state in conditional clauses.