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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.64.pr

Accrual Among Heirs Without Shares: Joint and Separate

Passage 4243 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage explains the difference in the accrual of shares when one of multiple heirs instituted without specific shares dies, depending on whether they were written down conjointly or separately.

[IAUOLENUS libro primo ex Cassio. ] §28.5.64.prHeredes sine partibus utrum coniunctim an separatim scribantur, hoc interest, quod, si quis ex coniunctis decessit, non ad omnes, sed ad reliquos qui coniuncti erant pertinet, sin autem ex separatis, ad omnes, qui testamento eodem scripti sunt heredes, portio eius pertinet.
[IAVOLENUS, from the first book on Cassius.] Whether heirs instituted without shares are written down conjointly or separately makes this difference, namely, that if any of those written conjointly dies, his share belongs not to all, but to the remaining ones who were written conjointly; but if, on the other hand, one of those written separately dies, his share belongs to all who have been written as heirs in the same testament.

Notes

  1. 28.5.64.prHeredes sine partibus — The nominative noun phrase at the beginning of the sentence is an instance of prolepsis, where the logical subject of the indirect question clause 'utrum coniunctim an separatim scribantur' is anticipated at the front.
  2. 28.5.64.prhoc interest, quod — The demonstrative pronoun 'hoc' anticipates the following 'quod' clause in apposition, constructing the meaning 'there is this difference, namely that...'.
  3. 28.5.64.prsin autem ex separatis — Based on the contrast with the first conditional clause 'si quis ex coniunctis decessit', the words 'quis decessit' are omitted after 'ex separatis'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.64.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.64.pr

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