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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.6.4.pr

Denial of the Action to Heirs and Recovery of Money

Passage 624 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that this action is not available to an heir because the ability to recover the money paid by the deceased is sufficient for the heir.

[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §3.6.4.prHaec actio heredi quidem non competit, quia sufficere ei debet, quod eam pecuniam quam defunctus dedit repetere potest:
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, book 4] This action indeed is not available to an heir, because it ought to be sufficient for him that he can recover the money which the deceased gave.

Notes

  1. §3.6.4.prheredi ... non competit — The verb `competere` takes the dative case (`heredi`, the dative singular of `heres`) to mean "to be legally available to" or "to belong to" (said of actions or rights).
  2. §3.6.4.prquod eam pecuniam quam defunctus dedit repetere potest — The clause introduced by the conjunction `quod` functions as the subject (subject clause) of the impersonal verbal phrase `sufficere ei debet` ("it ought to be sufficient for him").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.6.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.6.4.pr

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