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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.27.pr-28.5.27.2

Institution and Substitution of Same Heir under Condition

Passage 4206 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the status of a substitute heir when the same person is designated heir for one half unconditionally and for the other half under a condition, and the validity of multiple designations or conditions for the same share.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §28.5.27.prSi te solum ex parte dimidia pure, ex altera sub condicione heredem instituero et substituero tibi, non existente condicione substitutum ex ea parte heredem fore Celsus ait:
[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum.] If I designate you alone as heir unconditionally for a half share, and under a condition for the other half, and I substitute an heir to you, Celsus says that if the condition is not fulfilled, the substitute will be heir for that share.
§28.5.27.1Sed si te heredem instituero et deinde eundem te sub condicione instituam, nihil ualere sequentem institutionem, quia satis plena prior fuisset.
But if I designate you as heir, and then designate the same you under a condition, the subsequent designation has no validity, because the prior one was already sufficiently complete.
§28.5.27.2Sed si plures institutiones ex eadem parte sub diuersis condicionibus fuerint factae, utra prior condicio exstiterit, id faciet quod supra diximus, si pure et sub condicione idem instituatur.
But if multiple designations are made for the same share under different conditions, whichever condition is fulfilled first will produce the same result as we said above in the case where the same person is designated unconditionally and under a condition.

Notes

  1. §28.5.27.prsubstitutum ex ea parte heredem fore — Accusative with infinitive clause (accusative substitutum + infinitive fore), acting as the object of Celsus ait. Here ex ea parte (for that share) refers to the half share that was designated under a condition.
  2. §28.5.27.1nihil ualere — Accusative with infinitive clause in indirect speech. It indicates that the subsequent conditional designation has no new legal effect (nihil ualere) because the full inheritance (plena) had already been granted by the first unconditional designation (prior [institutionem]).
  3. §28.5.27.2utra prior condicio exstiterit, id faciet quod supra diximus — The clause utra prior condicio exstiterit functions as a nominal clause in the nominative (an indirect question clause) serving as the subject of faciet. The structure is 'whichever condition is fulfilled first will produce the result (id ... quod)...'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.27.pr-28.5.27.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.27.pr-28.5.27.2

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