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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.5.27.pr

Unauthorized Will Opening and Innocent Heirs' Rights

Passage 4573 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that if a will is opened without the consent or knowledge of some of the heirs, those heirs who are not at fault do not lose their respective shares of the inheritance.

[CALLISTRATUS libro primo de iure fisci. ] §29.5.27.prSi de pluribus heredibus quibusdam inuitis aut ignorantibus apertum erit testamentum, non amittunt portiones suas qui culpa carent.
[CALLISTRATUS in his first book on the Law of the Treasury.] If a will is opened while certain of several heirs are unwilling or ignorant, those who are free from fault do not lose their shares.

Notes

  1. §29.5.27.prquibusdam inuitis aut ignorantibus — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the ablative pronoun quibusdam, the ablative adjective inuitis, and the ablative present participle ignorantibus. The prepositional phrase de pluribus heredibus ("of several heirs") limits quibusdam, expressing an attendant circumstance or condition: "with certain of several heirs being unwilling or ignorant."
  2. §29.5.27.prqui culpa carent — The subject of the main verb non amittunt is the omitted antecedent (such as ii) of the relative clause qui culpa carent ("those who lack fault"). The verb careo takes an ablative of separation (culpa) to mean "to be free from" or "to lack."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.5.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.5.27.pr

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