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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.17.pr

Priority of First Fulfilled Condition for the Same Share

Passage 4337 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains the rule that if multiple institutions are made to the same share under different conditions, the institution associated with the condition that is fulfilled first becomes effective.

[FLORENTINUS libro decimo institutionum. ] §28.7.17.prSi plures institutiones ex eadem parte sub diuersis condicionibus fuerint, condicio, quae prior exstiterit, occupabit institutionem.
[FLORENTINUS, in the tenth book of Institutes.] If there should be several institutions to the same share under different conditions, the condition which is fulfilled first will secure the institution.

Notes

  1. §28.7.17.prex eadem parte — The noun pars (part, share) here refers to a specific share of the inheritance (hereditas). Thus, the phrase denotes a situation where multiple institutions are made overlappingly for the exact same share.
  2. §28.7.17.prprior exstiterit — The comparative adjective prior modifies the relative pronoun quae predicatively, functioning adverbially as "first" or "earlier." The verb exsistere is a technical legal term meaning that a condition (condicio) "is fulfilled" or "comes into effect."
  3. §28.7.17.proccupabit — A metaphorical use of occupare ("to seize" or "to preempt"). It expresses that the condition which is fulfilled first exclusively secures the validity of its corresponding institution, thereby preempting and rendering the other institutions void.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.17.pr

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