Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.3.11.pr

Second Tablets as an Integral Part of the Principal Will

Passage 4513 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that just as codicils are understood to be part of a will, so the second tablets are deemed to constitute a part of the principal tablets.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §29.3.11.prSicut codicilli pars intelleguntur testamenti, ita secundae tabulae principalium tabularum partem optinere uidentur.

[GAIUS, book eleven on the Lex Julia et Papia] Just as codicils are understood to be a part of a will, so the second tablets are seen to occupy a part of the principal tablets.

Notes

§29.3.11.prcodicilli pars intelleguntur — The nominative plural codicilli (codicils) is the subject of the passive verb intelleguntur, and the nominative singular pars (part) is the predicate nominative. When the subject is plural and the predicate is singular, the verb agrees with the plural subject. An alternative reading of codicilli as a genitive singular with pars as the subject is rejected because it does not agree with the plural verb.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.3.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.3.11.pr

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