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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.3.62.pr

Procurator for a Legacy and the Interdict to Produce the Will

Passage 545 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

If a procurator appointed to claim a legacy seeks an interdict for the production of the will, this action is deemed covered by the mandate, and the procuratorial exception will not block it.

[POMPONIUS libro secundo ex Plautio. ] §3.3.62.prAd legatum petendum procurator datus si interdicto utatur aduersus heredem de tabulis exhibendis, procuratoria exceptio, quasi non et hoc esset ei mandatum, non obstat.
[POMPONIUS in the second book on Plautius.] If a procurator appointed to claim a legacy uses an interdict against the heir for the production of the tablets, the procuratorial exception, as if this also had not been mandated to him, does not stand in the way.

Notes

  1. 3.3.62.prde tabulis exhibendis — A gerundive construction agreeing with the noun `tabulae` (here meaning the tablets of the will). The entire phrase has a nominal force meaning "concerning the production of the tablets" and explains the substance of the interdict.
  2. 3.3.62.prquasi non et hoc esset ei mandatum — The conjunction `quasi` takes the subjunctive imperfect (`esset mandatum`) to express a contrary-to-fact hypothetical ground ("as if this also had not been mandated to him"). `et` in `et hoc` acts adverbially as "also", describing the basis of the heir's procuratorial exception that the request for the production of the will was not included in the original mandate to claim the legacy.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.3.62.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.3.62.pr

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