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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.4.16.pr

Claiming an Inheritance Against a Single-Item Possessor

Passage 4530 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author argues that there is no doubt about the truth of the previous statement, since an inheritance claim can be brought even against someone who possesses only a single item under the title of inheritance.

[IDEM libro secundo de testamentis ad edictum praetoris urbani. ] §29.4.16.prCum enim hereditas ab eo quoque peti possit, qui unam aliquam rem hereditario nomine possideat, dubitari non oportet, quin uerum sit quod diximus.
[THE SAME in the second book on wills, on the Edict of the Urban Praetor.] For since an inheritance can be claimed even from one who possesses some single thing under the title of inheritance, there ought to be no doubt that what we have said is true.

Notes

  1. §29.4.16.prdubitari non oportet, quin — The passive infinitive `dubitari` (to be doubted) serves as the subject of the impersonal verb `oportet`, meaning 'it ought not to be doubted.' Since it is a negated expression of doubt, it is followed by a `quin` clause with the subjunctive (`sit`), expressing 'there is no doubt that...'
  2. §29.4.16.prhereditario nomine — The ablative `nomine` of the noun `nomen` means 'by name of' or 'under the title of,' and combined with the adjective `hereditario` (hereditary), it means 'under the title of inheritance' (i.e., claiming possession based on a right of inheritance).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.4.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.4.16.pr

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