Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.25.pr

Master's Command for Slave Heir to Fulfill Conditions

Passage 4345 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a slave who has been instituted as an heir under a certain condition cannot fulfill that condition without the master's command.

[MODESTINUS libro nono regularum. ] §28.7.25.prSub condicione heres institutus seruus sine iussu domini condicioni parere non potest.

[MODESTINUS, in the ninth book of Rules.] A slave instituted heir under a condition cannot comply with the condition without the order of his master.

Notes

§28.7.25.prcondicioni parere — The verb `parere` (to obey, comply with) governs the dative case, hence the dative form `condicioni`. In legal contexts, 'to comply with a condition' means to fulfill or satisfy the imposed condition.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.25.pr

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