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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.10.pr

Conditions for a Son's Choice in a Legacy of Option

Passage 4606 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus holds that a son under paternal power cannot make a choice under a legacy of option without his father's order, nor before the inheritance is accepted, a view with which Paulus agrees.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad Sabinum. ] §30.1.10.prIulianus nec a filio familias sine iussu patris optari posse nec ante aditam hereditatem putat, quod est uerum.
[PAULUS, Book 2 on Sabinus.]\n Julianus thinks that choice cannot be made by a son under paternal power without the order of his father, nor before the inheritance has been accepted; and this is correct.

Notes

  1. 30.1.10.proptari posse — The present passive infinitive optari (from optare, to choose) is combined with posse. The agent is expressed by a filio familias (by a son under paternal power) with the preposition a + ablative. This refers to the act of making a choice in a legacy of option (legatum optionis).
  2. 30.1.10.prante aditam hereditatem — The preposition ante (before) is used here with the noun hereditatem (inheritance) and its modifying perfect passive participle aditam (accepted/entered upon). This forms a construction equivalent to "before the acceptance of the inheritance," resembling the "ab urbe condita" construction.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.10.pr

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