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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.28.pr

Deliberating Heir Requesting Deceased's Account Books

Passage 4431 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian cites the opinion of Aristo, stating that a praetor who is petitioned should grant an heir deliberating on accepting an inheritance the opportunity to demand the deceased's account books from their custodian.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo ad Sabinum. ] §29.2.28.prAristo existimat praetorem aditum facultatem facere debere heredi rationes defuncti ab eo petere, penes quem depositae sunt, deliberanti de adeunda hereditate.
[ULPIANUS in the eighth book on Sabinus.] Aristo thinks that the praetor who has been approached ought to grant the heir, who is deliberating about accepting the inheritance, the opportunity to demand the accounts of the deceased from the person in whose custody they have been deposited.

Notes

  1. §29.2.28.prpraetorem aditum — The accusative noun `praetorem` modified by `aditum`, the perfect passive participle of `adire` (to approach, petition for help). Together they form the subject accusative of the infinitive clause with `facere debere`, meaning 'the praetor who has been approached'.
  2. §29.2.28.prfacultatem... petere — The noun `facultatem` (opportunity, power) is completed by the infinitive `petere` (to demand), which expresses the action allowed. The dative `heredi` functions as the logical subject of this action.
  3. §29.2.28.prdeliberanti de adeunda hereditate — The dative present participle `deliberanti` modifies `heredi`. `adeunda` is a gerundive agreeing in gender, number, and case with the ablative noun `hereditate` governed by the preposition `de`, expressing the object of deliberation: 'about accepting the inheritance'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.28.pr

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