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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.73.pr

Seeking Support as a Patron's Son and Intermeddling

Passage 4476 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text states that when a potential heir seeks support from their father's freedman not as an heir but as a needy son of a patron, this action is not considered an intermeddling with the paternal estate.

[IDEM libro septimo ad Plautium. ] §29.2.73.prSi quis non quasi heres, sed quasi patroni filius egens a liberto paterno ali uelit, procul dubio hoc extra causam est immiscendi se bonis paternis, et ita recte Labeo scribit.
[THE SAME, from the seventh book on Plautius.] If anyone should wish to be supported by his father's freedman, not as an heir, but as a needy son of a patron, without a doubt this is outside the scope of intermeddling with the paternal estate, and so Labeo correctly writes.

Notes

  1. §29.2.73.prextra causam est immiscendi se bonis paternis — `immiscendi` is the genitive of the gerund `immiscere`, taking the reflexive pronoun `se` and the dative `bonis paternis` ('with the paternal estate'), and modifies `causam`. The phrase `extra causam esse` means 'to be outside the scope/reason of,' indicating that seeking support from a freedman is not considered an act of 'intermeddling' (which would imply tacit acceptance of the inheritance).
  2. §29.2.73.prali — The present passive infinitive of the verb `alo` ('to support, maintain'), acting as the complement of `uelit` ('should wish').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.73.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.73.pr

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