[PAPINIANUS libro sexto responsorum. ] §29.1.12.prmilites enim ea dumtaxat, quae haberent scriptis, relinquunt.
[PAPINIANUS, in his sixth book of Opinions.] For soldiers leave only those things which they possessed, in writing.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.1.12.pr
Scope of Property Disposed of by Military Will
Summary
Papinianus points out that soldiers can only leave by will the property that they actually possessed.
Notes
- §29.1.12.prscriptis — Ablative plural of the noun scriptum, meaning "in writing" or "by written instruments". It functions as an ablative of means or manner.
- §29.1.12.prhaberent — Subjunctive imperfect in the relative clause quae haberent. In contrast to the present tense of the main verb relinquunt, it expresses a restrictive or hypothetical condition representing what they "possessed" at the assumed time of making the will.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.1.12.pr
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