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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.7.17.pr

Invalidity of Letters Promising Inheritance as Codicils

Passage 4593 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that letters promising an inheritance or merely expressing affection do not possess the legal force of codicils.

[IDEM libro tertio sententiarum. ] §29.7.17.prLitterae, quibus hereditas promittitur uel animi affectus exprimitur, uim codicillorum non optinent.
[THE SAME, in his third book of Opinions.] Letters in which an inheritance is promised or affection is expressed do not have the force of codicils.

Notes

  1. §29.7.17.prLitterae — Although it is the plural form of the noun littera (letter of the alphabet), here it means 'letter(s), correspondence'. The main verb optinent is accordingly in the third-person plural.
  2. §29.7.17.pranimi affectus — affectus is a fourth-declension noun in the nominative singular, serving as the subject of exprimitur. animi is the genitive singular of animus (mind, feelings), acting as a genitive of quality or description (affection, sentiment).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.7.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.7.17.pr

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