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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.13.pr

Acts Required to Acquire Conditional Inheritances

Passage 4333 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that a person designated to receive an inheritance or legacy under a condition can only acquire it if, after the condition is fulfilled, they perform the act customarily required for acquisition.

[IULIANUS libro trigesimo digestorum. ] §28.7.13.prEi qui ita hereditatem uel legatum accepit 'si decem dederit' neque hereditas neque legatum aliter adquiri potest, quam si post impletam condicionem id egerit scriptus heres uel legatarius, per quod hereditas aut legatum adquiri solet.
[JULIANUS, in the thirtieth book of the Digests.] For one who has received an inheritance or a legacy under the condition 'if he should give ten', neither the inheritance nor the legacy can be acquired in any other way than if, after the condition has been fulfilled, the appointed heir or legatee has done that through which an inheritance or a legacy is customarily acquired.

Notes

  1. §28.7.13.prEi — The dative pronoun Ei functions as a dative of interest or reference with the passive infinitive adquiri (to be acquired) in the main clause, and serves as the antecedent of the relative clause introduced by qui.
  2. §28.7.13.prpost impletam condicionem — This is an example of the dominant participle construction (akin to 'ab urbe condita'), where the preposition post is followed by a noun and a perfect passive participle, meaning 'after the fulfillment of the condition' (literally, 'after the fulfilled condition').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.13.pr

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