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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.7.18.pr

Validity of Prior Codicils Confirmed by a Clause in a Will

Passage 4594 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In response to a query from Plotiana, Celsus answers that a testamentary clause validating anything left in relation to the testament also encompasses codicils written before the testament itself.

[CELSUS libro uicesimo digestorum. ] §29.7.18.prPlotiana Celso suo salutem.
[CELSUS, in his twentieth book of Digests.] Plotiana to her dear Celsus, greeting.
Lucius Titius his uerbis ita cauit: 'si quid tabulis alioue quo genere ad hoc testamentum pertinens reliquero, ita ualere uolo'. quaero, an codicilli, qui ante hoc testamentum scripti sunt, debeant rati esse.
Lucius Titius made a provision in these words: 'if I leave anything in writing or in any other manner relating to this testament, I wish it to be valid as such.' I ask whether codicils which were written before this testament ought to be valid.
Iuuentius Celsus Plotianae salutem.
Juventius Celsus to Plotiana, greeting.
Haec uerba: 'si quid ad hoc testamentum pertinens reliquero, ualere uolo', etiam ea, quae ante testamentum scripta sunt, comprehendere.
These words: 'if I leave anything relating to this testament, I wish it to be valid,' comprise even those things which were written before the testament.

Notes

  1. §29.7.18.prrati — Nominative masculine plural of the adjective `ratus, -a, -um` (valid, established), agreeing with the subject `codicilli`. The phrase `rati esse debeant` means "ought to be valid/held valid."
  2. §29.7.18.prcomprehendere — An infinitive in the accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction, common in juristic responses where the main governing verb (such as `respondeo`) is omitted. The logical subject is the accusative `Haec uerba`, and the object is `ea`.

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