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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.34.pr

Validity of Instituting an Heir Disregarding Invalid Time Limits

Passage 4213 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinian explains that while instituting an heir with a starting or ending date is invalid, the institution itself remains valid by removing the defect of time.

[PAPINIANUS libro primo definitionum. ] §28.5.34.prHereditas ex die uel ad diem non recte datur, sed uitio temporis sublato manet institutio.
[PAPINIANUS, in the first book of definitions.]\n\nAn inheritance is not rightly given from a certain day or up to a certain day, but the institution remains valid, the defect of time being removed.

Notes

  1. §28.5.34.pruitio temporis sublato — Ablative absolute, meaning "the defect of time having been removed." In Roman law, instituting an heir with a starting (ex die) or ending (ad diem) term is not permitted (under the principle "semel heres semper heres"). When such a term is added, the limitation of time is treated as void (the defect is removed), while the institution of the heir itself remains unconditionally valid.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.34.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.34.pr

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