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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.3.5.pr

Denial of Signatures at Will Opening and Public Interest

Passage 4507 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that in opening a will, signers may also deny their signatures, as it is in the public interest that men's last wills are carried into effect.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad Plautium. ] §29.3.5.pruel negare se signasse: publice enim expedit suprema hominum iudicia exitum habere.
[PAULUS, book 8 on Plautius] or to deny that they signed; for it is of public interest that the last wills of men should have effect.

Notes

  1. §29.3.5.pruel negare se signasse — This phrase connects syntactically with the preceding fragment D. 29.3.4.pr, functioning as an object infinitive dependent on "cogat" (compel) or parallel to "conuenire" and "recognoscere" within the "ut" clause. "se" is the subject accusative of the infinitive "negare", referring back to "signatores", and "signasse" is a syncopated form of "signauisse".
  2. §29.3.5.prsuprema hominum iudicia — Literally "the last judgments of men", this is a metonymic expression referring to "wills" or "testaments" in a legal context.
  3. §29.3.5.prpublice enim expedit suprema hominum iudicia exitum habere — "expedit" is an impersonal verb taking the accusative with infinitive clause "suprema hominum iudicia exitum habere" as its subject. "publice" is an adverb meaning "publicly" or "in the public interest". "exitum habere" means "to have an issue", "to be carried into effect", or "to take effect".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.3.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.3.5.pr

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