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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.36.pr

Institution of an Heir Referring to an Omitted Codicil Share

Passage 4215 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that if a testator appoints an heir in a will according to the share to be specified in a codicil, and no such share is actually specified in the codicil, the person will still validly become an heir as if appointed without a designated share.

[IDEM libro octauo disputationum. ] §28.5.36.prSi quis ita scripserit heredem: 'ex qua parte codicillis Titium heredem scripsero, heres esto', etiamsi pars in codicillis non fuerit adscripta, erit tamen heres quasi sine parte institutus.
[THE SAME, in the eighth book of disputations.] If anyone has written an heir as follows: 'In whatever share I shall have written Titius as heir in my codicils, let him be heir,' even if a share has not been assigned in the codicils, he will nevertheless be an heir as if appointed without a share.

Notes

  1. §28.5.36.prex qua parte — The noun `pars` is attracted into the relative clause (`ex qua parte...`), which is translated as "in whatever share..." or "in the share which...". This demonstrates a situation where the testator appoints an heir in the will, delegating the determination of the specific share to a future codicil.
  2. §28.5.36.prcodicillis — Although the form is plural, it refers to a codicil (codicillus) in Roman law, meaning a single document here, and is thus translated in the singular.
  3. §28.5.36.prquasi sine parte institutus — In the appointment of an heir (*institutio heredis*), if no share is specified (*sine parte*), the heir inherits either the entire estate or an equal share with other co-heirs. This rule establishes that even if the specification of the share is missing in the codicil, the appointment does not fail but remains valid as an appointment without a specified share.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.36.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.36.pr

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