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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.67.pr-30.1.67.1

Inquiry on Suspected Slaves and Legacies to Co-heirs

Passage 4663 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk discusses the interrogation procedure of a bequeathed slave suspected of misconduct before delivery, and the equal division of a legacy when the same thing is bequeathed to two heirs with unequal shares.

[IDEM libro primo de legatis ad edictum praetoris. ] §30.1.67.prSeruus uni ex heredibus legatus si quid in hereditate malitiose fecisse dicatur (forte rationes interleuisse), non aliter adiudicandus est, quam ex eo uolentibus coheredibus quaestio habeatur.
[THE SAME, Book 1 on Legacies under the Praetorian Edict.] If a slave bequeathed to one of the heirs is said to have done something maliciously in relation to the inheritance (for example, to have falsified the accounts), he should not be adjudged to him otherwise than if an interrogation is held of him, should the co-heirs so desire.
idem est et si extraneo fuerit legatus.
The same rule applies if he has been bequeathed to a stranger.
§30.1.67.1Si ex pluribus heredibus ex disparibus partibus institutis duobus eadem res legata sit, heredes non pro hereditaria portione, sed pro uirili id legatum habere debent.
If the same thing is bequeathed to two of several heirs appointed with unequal shares, those heirs ought to hold that legacy not in proportion to their hereditary shares, but in equal shares.

Notes

  1. 30.1.67.printerleuisse — Perfect active infinitive of the verb interlinere (to write between, erase, falsify). It refers to the act of altering accounts (rationes) by inserting or crossing out words between the lines.
  2. 30.1.67.1pro uirili — Abbreviation for pro uirili portione (in proportion to a man's share, per capita). It means that the co-legatees split the legacy in equal shares, regardless of the size of their respective hereditary shares (hereditaria portio).

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