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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.4.7.pr

Renunciation by Co-Heirs and Disallowance of Legacy Claims

Passage 4521 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is discussed that if both co-heirs bypass the will and enter upon the statutory inheritance, it is not proper for one of them to demand an action for a legacy left to himself.

[MARCELLUS libro duodecimo digestorum. ] §29.4.7.prQuidam Titium et Maeuiuim instituit heredes et centum Titio legauit: uterque omissa testamento legitimam adiit hereditatem.
[MARCELLUS in the twelfth book of his Digests] A certain person designated Titius and Maevius as heirs, and bequeathed one hundred to Titius: both of them, having bypassed the will, entered upon the statutory inheritance.
non probe legatorum actionem Titius postulabit.
Titius will not properly demand the action for legacies.
idem, si utrique legasset.
The same applies if the testator had bequeathed to both.

Notes

  1. §29.4.7.promissa testamento — The feminine singular ablative participle 'omissa' is combined with the neuter singular ablative noun 'testamento'. This is likely due to the ellipsis of 'causa' from the formula 'omissa causa testamenti' (having bypassed the cause of the will) seen in preceding sections, leading to an irregular agreement, or it represents a scribal error for 'omisso testamento'. In terms of meaning, it is understood as 'having bypassed the will'.
  2. §29.4.7.pridem, si utrique legasset — An extremely concise expression with the verb 'erit' or 'dicemus' omitted in the main clause. The subject of 'legasset' (subjunctive pluperfect in a conditional clause) is the testator ('quidam'), and 'utrique' refers to both Titius and Maevius. It means that the same rule (that they cannot properly demand the action) applies if the testator had left legacies to both of them.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.4.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.4.7.pr

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