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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.13.pr-29.2.13.3

Conditions for Repudiation and Invalidity of Premature Renunciation

Passage 4416 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus discusses the conditions under which an appointed or intestate heir can repudiate an inheritance, the invalidity of premature repudiation by conditional or substituted heirs, and the mutual impact of repudiation by a son in power and his father.

[IDEM libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §29.2.13.prIs qui heres institutus est uel is cui legitima hereditas delata est repudiatione hereditatem amittit.
[THE SAME in the seventh book on Sabinus.] He who has been appointed heir, or he to whom an intestate inheritance has devolved, loses the inheritance by repudiation.
hoc ita uerum est, si in ea causa erat hereditas, ut et adiri posset: ceterum heres institutus sub condicione si ante condicionem existentem repudiauit, nihil egit, qualisqualis fuit condicio, etsi in arbitrium collata est.
This is true only if the inheritance was in such a state that it could also be accepted; but if an heir appointed under a condition repudiates before the condition is fulfilled, he achieves nothing, whatever the condition may have been, even if it was left to his own discretion.
§29.2.13.1Si quis dubitet, uiuat testator nec ne, repudiando nihil agit.
If anyone should doubt whether the testator is alive or not, he achieves nothing by repudiating.
§29.2.13.2Substitutus quoque similiter si ante repudiat, quam heres institutus decernat de hereditate, nihil ualebit repudiatio.
Likewise, if a substituted heir repudiates before the appointed heir decides on the inheritance, the repudiation will have no validity.
§29.2.13.3Neque filius familias repudiando sine patre neque pater sine filio alteri nocet: utrique autem possunt repudiare.
Neither a son in power by repudiating without his father, nor a father without his son, prejudices the other; but both of them can repudiate.

Notes

  1. 29.2.13.prin ea causa ... ut et adiri posset — The phrase 'in ea causa' followed by the 'ut' clause describes the specific condition of the inheritance. 'adiri' is the present passive infinitive of 'adire' (to enter upon or accept the inheritance) used intransitively or in a middle-voice sense, and 'et' is adverbial, meaning 'even' or 'also', emphasizing that acceptance is actually possible.
  2. 29.2.13.2ante ... quam ... decernat — The conjunction 'antequam' is separated by tmesis. The present subjunctive 'decernat' is used in a temporal clause to express an anticipated or expected event that has not yet occurred.
  3. 29.2.13.3repudiando — An ablative of the gerund expressing means or attendant circumstance. The grammatical subjects are 'filius familias' and 'pater', referring respectively to the individual act of repudiation performed without the other's consent or participation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.13.pr-29.2.13.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.13.pr-29.2.13.3

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