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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §31.0.58.pr

Accepting Part of a Legacy Entails Acquiring the Whole

Passage 4785 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if a legatee wishes to accept even a part of a bequeathed thing, they acquire the entire thing.

[GAIUS libro quarto decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §31.0.58.prSi cui res legata fuerit et omnino aliqua ex parte uoluerit suam esse, totam adquirit.
[GAIUS in the fourteenth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] If a thing is bequeathed to someone, and they wish it to be theirs in any part at all, they acquire the whole.

Notes

  1. 31.0.58.praliqua ex parte — Used together with the adverb omnino (at all) to emphasize "in any part whatsoever" or "even if only in part."
  2. 31.0.58.prsuam esse — The reflexive pronoun suam agrees in gender, number, and case with the feminine noun res. The phrase suam esse forms an accusative with infinitive clause serving as the object of the verb uoluerit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §31.0.58.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:31.0.58.pr

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