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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.1.pr

Validity of Instituting an Heir Under an Impossible Condition

Passage 4321 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the principle that an institution of an heir is not invalidated by being made under an impossible condition or other defect.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §28.7.1.prSub impossibili condicione uel alio mendo factam institutionem placet non uitiari.
[ULPIANUS, in the fifth book on Sabinus.] It is accepted that an institution made under an impossible condition or other defect is not invalidated.

Notes

  1. §28.7.1.prplacet — Used impersonally, taking the accusative and infinitive clause institutionem [...] non uitiari as its subject. It means "it is accepted" or "it is the established opinion" and introduces a widely held legal rule.
  2. §28.7.1.prsub impossibili condicione uel alio mendo — The preposition sub ("under") governs both ablatives, condicione and mendo. mendo (defect, error) is the ablative singular of mendum.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.1.pr

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