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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.9.pr

Remission of Testamentary Conditions Contrary to Good Morals

Passage 4329 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that conditions inserted contrary to good morals, such as failing to ransom or support one's parents, must be remitted.

[PAULUS libro quadragesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §28.7.9.prCondiciones, quae contra bonos mores inseruntur, remittendae sunt, ueluti 'si ab hostibus patrem suum non redemerit', 'si parentibus suis patronoue alimenta non praestiterit'.
[PAULUS, in the forty-fifth book on the Edict.]\n\nConditions which are inserted contrary to good morals must be remitted, as for example, 'if he should not ransom his father from enemies,' 'if he should not provide support for his parents or patron.'

Notes

  1. §28.7.9.prcontra bonos mores — Meaning "contrary to good morals." Conditions that require or encourage a morally reprehensible omission are deemed void and must be remitted.
  2. §28.7.9.prnon redemerit — Note that the condition is phrased negatively ("not ransoming"). Making such a morally objectionable omission a condition is considered contrary to good morals.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.9.pr

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