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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.4.13.pr

Liability under the Edict for Possessing a Minimal Share

Passage 4527 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is established that even if the instituted heir possesses only a minimal fraction or a single item of the inheritance as if intestate, they remain liable under the edict.

[GAIUS libro septimo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §29.4.13.prEtsi non totam aliquis hereditatem partemue eius, ex qua heres institutus est, ab intestato possideat, sed uel minimam portiunculam uel etiam unam aliquam rem, tenetur hoc edicto,
[GAIUS in the seventeenth book on the Provincial Edict.] Even if someone should possess, as if intestate, not the whole inheritance or that part of it under which he was instituted heir, but some very minor fraction or even any single thing, he is bound by this edict,

Notes

  1. §29.4.13.prpartemue eius, ex qua heres institutus est — The antecedent of the feminine singular ablative relative pronoun qua is partem. The prepositional phrase ex qua ("from/under which part") refers to a situation where a person is instituted as heir only to a specific portion of the inheritance, such as in co-inheritance.
  2. §29.4.13.prab intestato possideat — The phrase ab intestato is an adverbial expression meaning "as if intestate" or "by intestacy." It refers to the action of an instituted heir who disregards the will and possesses the property as if they were an heir ab intestato.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.4.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.4.13.pr

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