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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.11.pr

Power of Abstention for Minor and Adult Children

Passage 4414 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment explains the difference between underage and adult children regarding the power to abstain from an inheritance, stating that adult children only possess this power if they have not intermeddled with the estate.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §29.2.11.prImpuberibus liberis omnimodo abstinendi potestas fit, puberibus autem ita, si se non immiscuerint.
[POMPONIUS in the third book on Sabinus.] Underage children are granted the power of abstaining in any event, but adult children only if they have not intermeddled.

Notes

  1. §29.2.11.prabstinendi potestas — The genitive of the gerund abstinendi modifies the noun potestas. In Roman law, this refers to the "power of abstention" (beneficium abstinendi), which allows certain heirs to refrain from intermeddling with the inheritance to avoid liability for the deceased's debts.
  2. §29.2.11.prita, si — The adverb ita strongly restricts the following conditional si-clause, expressing a restrictive condition: "only in this way, namely, if...".

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