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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.27.pr

Prohibition of Acting as Heir During the Owner's Lifetime

Passage 4430 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Labeo's view that no one can act as an heir or administer the estate while the owner of the property is still alive.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §29.2.27.prNeminem pro herede gerere posse uiuo eo, cuius in bonis gerendum sit, Labeo ait.
[POMPONIUS in the third book on Sabinus.] Labeo says that no one can act as heir while that person is still alive, in whose estate the administration is to be carried out.

Notes

  1. §29.2.27.pruiuo eo — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the adjective uiuus (alive) and the pronoun eo (him/the person), meaning 'while he is alive.' The pronoun eo serves as the antecedent of the relative pronoun cuius.
  2. §29.2.27.prgerendum sit — The present subjunctive of the impersonal passive gerundive of gerere (gerendum est, 'it must be carried out/administered'). The subjunctive is used because it is in a relative clause subordinate to the indirect speech (Oratio Obliqua) introduced by ait.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.27.pr

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