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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.1.pr

Prohibition against Accepting Only Part of an Inheritance

Passage 4404 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text sets out the legal rule that anyone entitled to acquire an entire inheritance cannot split it to accept only a portion.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad Sabinum. ] §29.2.1.prQui totam hereditatem adquirere potest, is pro parte eam scindendo adire non potest:
[PAULUS in the second book on Sabinus.] He who can acquire the whole inheritance cannot enter upon it in part by dividing it:

Notes

  1. §29.2.1.prscindendo — Ablative of the gerund of `scindere` (to divide), expressing means ("by dividing"). The preceding accusative pronoun `eam` (referring to `hereditatem`) functions as its logical object.
  2. §29.2.1.pradire — The verb `adire` (to approach, enter upon) is used here absolutely as a technical legal term for "to accept/enter upon an inheritance" (with `hereditatem` understood).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.1.pr

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