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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.7.16.pr

Effects of Codicils in Intestacy Versus with a Will

Passage 4592 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses the difference in legal effect and nature of codicils on heirs, distinguishing between codicils made in an intestate situation and those made where a testament exists.

[PAULUS libro uicesimo primo quaestionum. ] §29.7.16.prAb intestato factis codicillis relicta etiam postea natus intestati successor debebit: quicumque enim ab intestato successerit, locum habent codicilli: nam unus casus est nec interest qui succedit dum intestato succedat.
[PAULUS, in his twenty-first book of Questions.] Even an intestate successor born afterwards must pay what has been left by codicils made in an intestate situation; for whoever succeeds as an heir on intestacy, the codicils have effect; for it is one and the same case, and it does not matter who succeeds as long as they succeed on intestacy.
ad testamentum autem quod quoquo tempore fecisset, pertinent codicilli.
On the other hand, codicils relate to the testament which he might have made at any time.
et ut manifestius dicam, intestato patre familias mortuo nihil desiderant codicilli, sed uicem testamenti exhibent: testamento autem facto ius sequuntur eius.
And to speak more clearly, when a paterfamilias dies intestate, the codicils require nothing else, but perform the function of a testament; but when a testament has been made, they follow its legal status.

Notes

  1. §29.7.16.prrelicta — A perfect participle used substantively in the neuter plural, meaning "things left (by legacy)," serving as the object of the verb debebit. The subject is postea natus intestati successor (an intestate successor born afterwards).
  2. §29.7.16.prdum intestato succedat — The conjunction dum taking the present subjunctive succedat to express a restrictive condition ("provided that," "as long as").
  3. §29.7.16.prius sequuntur eius — eius is a genitive pronoun referring to testamento in the preceding clause. It signifies that when a testament exists, the legal status (ius) and validity of the codicils are dependent on (follow) those of the testament itself.

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