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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.3.2.pr

Revocation of a Prior Will by a Subsequent One and Exceptions

Passage 4156 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains the rule that a prior testament is ruptured only when a subsequent one is perfected, along with exceptions such as testaments made under military law or those designating an intestate heir.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad Sabinum. ] §28.3.2.prTunc autem prius testamentum rumpitur, cum posterius rite perfectum est, nisi forte posterius uel iure militari sit factum uel in eo scriptus est qui ab intestato uenire potest: tunc enim et posteriore non perfecto
[ULPIANUS from the second book on Sabinus.] Moreover, a prior testament is ruptured only when a subsequent one has been duly perfected, unless perchance the subsequent one was either made under military law, or there is written in it as heir someone who can succeed on intestacy; for then, even if the subsequent testament is not perfected, [the prior one is ruptured].

Notes

  1. §28.3.2.prab intestato uenire — A legal idiom meaning 'to come from intestacy,' that is, to claim or succeed to an inheritance as an intestate heir.
  2. §28.3.2.prposteriore non perfecto — An ablative absolute construction with the noun 'testamento' understood. Although this fragment breaks off, the context implies the conclusion that the prior testament is ruptured (tunc enim et... [rumpitur prius testamentum]).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.3.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.3.2.pr

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