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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.3.15.pr

Prohibition to sue a debtor and its effect on heirs

Passage 5215 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains why an heir forbidden to demand payment from a debtor cannot sue the debtor or their heir, and addresses how the heir of the heir can be bound by a similar obligation.

[IDEM libro sexagesimo quarto ad edictum. ] §34.3.15.prSi quis in testamento damnatus est, ne a Titio debitore exigat, neque ipsum neque heredem eius potest conuenire: nam neque heredis heres agere neque ab heredis herede potest peti.
[THE SAME in the sixty-fourth book on the edict.] If anyone has been bound by a will not to demand payment from the debtor Titius, he cannot sue either Titius himself or his heir; for neither can the heir of the heir bring an action, nor can payment be demanded from the heir of the heir.
heredis autem heres potest damnari, ne exigat debitorem.
However, the heir of the heir can be bound not to demand payment from the debtor.

Notes

  1. §34.3.15.prdamnatus est, ne ... exigat — The phrase damnatus est is a legal expression used to impose an obligation on an heir in a will, with the following ne clause specifying the content of this negative obligation (not to demand payment).
  2. §34.3.15.prheredis heres ... heredis herede — The phrase heredis heres (heir of the heir) appearing twice in the same sentence refers to different sides of the parties. In the first instance, it refers to the heir of the creditor's (the original heir's) side, whereas in the second instance, it refers to the heir of the debtor's (Titius's) side.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.3.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.3.15.pr

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