Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.94.pr

Renunciation during Lifetime and Acceptance after Death

Passage 4497 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Dictates that a person who rejects the property of someone still living is not barred from accepting the inheritance or requesting possession of the property after that person's death.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro tertio iuris epitomarum. ] §29.2.94.prQui superstitis bona repudiat, post mortem eius adire hereditatem, item bonorum possessionem petere non prohibetur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, from the third book of Epitomes of Law.] A person who repudiates the property of someone who is still living is not prohibited, after that person's death, from entering upon the inheritance, or likewise from petitioning for the possession of the goods.

Notes

  1. 29.2.94.prsuperstitis — The genitive singular of superstes, used substantively to mean "a living person" (referring to the potential decedent who is still alive).
  2. 29.2.94.prnon prohibetur — The subject of the passive verb prohibetur is the entire relative clause including the antecedent (Qui ... repudiat), with which the two infinitives adire and petere are construed as verbal complements.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.94.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.94.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.