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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.4.30.pr

Possession of an Estate Under Other Titles and Legacies

Passage 4544 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that a person who, neglecting the testament, possesses the inheritance under titles other than "heir" or "possessor" (such as buyer, dowry, or gift) cannot be sued by legatees or fideicommissaries.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro tertio iuris epitomarum. ] §29.4.30.prQui omissa causa testamenti pro emptore uel pro dote uel pro donato siue alio quolibet titulo, exceptis pro herede et pro possessore, possideat hereditatem, a legatariis et fideicommissariis non conuenitur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, from the third book of the Epitome of Law.] He who, omitting the basis of the testament, possesses the inheritance as a buyer, or as dowry, or as a gift, or under any other title whatsoever, except "as heir" and "as possessor", is not sued by the legatees and fideicommissaries.

Notes

  1. §29.4.30.prexceptis pro herede et pro possessore — exceptis forms an ablative absolute construction where the governing plural noun (such as titulis) is implied, or treats the prepositional phrases pro herede and pro possessore as substantive phrases of exception. It indicates that the titles "as heir" and "as possessor" are excluded from the scope of "any other title".
  2. §29.4.30.prnon conuenitur — The verb convenire in legal Latin means "to sue" or "to summon to court." Here, it is used in the passive voice conuenitur to mean "is not sued" or "is not subject to action" by the legatees and fideicommissaries. The subject is the implied demonstrative (is) acting as the antecedent of the relative clause starting with Qui.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.4.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.4.30.pr

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