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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.55.pr

Prohibition of Excluding Legal Rules and Heir's Duties

Passage 4651 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that no one can exclude the application of laws in their own will, and that the heir's obligation based on legacies cannot be restricted by time, place, or condition.

[IDEM libro nono ad Sabinum. ] §30.1.55.prNemo potest in testamento suo cauere, ne leges in suo testamento locum habeant, quia nec tempore aut loco aut condicione finiri obligatio heredis legatorum nomine potest.
[THE SAME, Book 9 on Sabinus.]\n No one can provide in his will that the laws shall have no place in his will, because the obligation of the heir under the head of legacies cannot be limited by time, place, or condition.

Notes

  1. 30.1.55.prne leges in suo testamento locum habeant — The verb cavere (to provide) takes a ne-clause to mean 'to provide that ... not'. The phrase locum habere here means 'to apply' or 'to have force'.
  2. 30.1.55.prlegatorum nomine — The word nomine (in the name of, under the head of) is an ablative of respect or cause. Combined with the genitive plural legatorum, it means 'under the head of legacies' or 'on account of legacies', specifying the source of the heir's obligation.
  3. 30.1.55.prfiniri — A passive infinitive dependent on potest. It indicates that, as a principle of Roman law, the obligation of the heir arising from legacies cannot be unilaterally limited or terminated by time, place, or condition.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.55.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.55.pr

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