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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.59.pr-28.5.59.1

Institution of a Present Person and Designation as Brother

Passage 4238 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the validity of designating an heir by pointing to a present person as "this man," and of instituting a non-brother as heir under the title of "brother" alongside his actual name.

[IDEM libro quarto ad Uitellium. ] §28.5.59.prNemo dubitat recte ita heredem nuncupari posse 'hic mihi heres esto', cum sit coram, qui ostenditur.
[THE SAME, On Vitellius, Book IV.] No one doubts that an heir can be validly designated in this way: "Let this man be my heir," when the person who is pointed out is present.
§28.5.59.1Qui frater non est, si fraterna caritate diligitur, recte cum nomine suo sub appellatione fratris heres instituitur.
A person who is not a brother, if he is loved with brotherly affection, is validly instituted heir under the designation of "brother" along with his own name.

Notes

  1. 28.5.59.prcum sit coram, qui ostenditur — The conjunction `cum` introduces a circumstantial clause and governs the subjunctive `sit`. The antecedent of the relative pronoun `qui` (such as the demonstrative `is`) is omitted, so that the clause `qui ostenditur` ("the person who is pointed out") serves as the subject of `sit`. The adverb `coram` means "present" or "in person."
  2. 28.5.59.1Qui frater non est — The antecedent (such as `is`) of the relative pronoun `qui` is omitted, making the entire relative clause `Qui frater non est` ("He who is not a brother") the subject of the sentence. The predicate verb of the main clause is `instituitur`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.59.pr-28.5.59.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.59.pr-28.5.59.1

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