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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.2.22.pr

Fulfillment of Condition before Posthumous Child's Birth

Passage 4143 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text rules that if a posthumous child is instituted as heir under a condition and that condition is fulfilled before their birth, the testament is not invalidated by the subsequent birth.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro septimo decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §28.2.22.prCum postumus sub condicione instituitur, si prius quam nascatur condicio exstiterit, non rumpitur testamentum postumi adgnatione.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, Book 17 on the Lex Julia et Papia.] When a posthumous child is instituted under a condition, if the condition has been fulfilled before he is born, the testament is not broken by the birth of the posthumous child.

Notes

  1. §28.2.22.prpostumi adgnatione — Ablative of cause. It refers to the 'birth (adgnatio)' of a posthumous child. In Roman law, the subsequent addition of an heir (adgnatio sui heredis) after the making of a testament normally invalidates (ruptio) the testament, but this provision states an exception.
  2. §28.2.22.prprius quam nascatur — A temporal clause introduced by priusquam, where the present subjunctive nascatur is used to denote an anticipated or prospective action that has not yet occurred at the time of the condition's fulfillment.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.2.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.2.22.pr

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