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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.4.20.pr

Conflicting Legacies by Instituted Heir and Substitute

Passage 4534 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that if the same thing is bequeathed to different persons by both the instituted heir and the substitute, only the recipient from the instituted heir has the right to claim it.

[ULPIANUS libro quarto disputationum. ] §29.4.20.prSi eadem res diuersis personis ab instituto et substituto fuerit relicta, non uterque, sed qui ab instituto accepit solus uindicabit.
[ULPIANUS in the fourth book of Disputations.] If the same thing has been left to different persons by the instituted heir and the substitute, not both, but only the one who received it from the instituted heir shall claim it.

Notes

  1. §29.4.20.prab instituto et substituto — Ablative of agent introduced by the preposition ab, expressing the entities by whom the object was left (relicta fuerit) to different persons (diuersis personis). 'institutus' refers to the instituted (primary) heir, and 'substitutus' refers to the substitute heir.
  2. §29.4.20.prnon uterque — The verb of the main clause, uindicabit (shall claim), is understood here: 'not both [shall claim]'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.4.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.4.20.pr

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