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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.3.2.pr-34.3.2.1

Prohibition of Claiming against Debtors and Sureties

Passage 5202 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Celsus discusses whether an heir forbidden to claim from a surety can claim from the principal debtor, and the liability of an heir forbidden to claim from the principal debtor who claims from the surety, further stating that this prohibition extends to the heir's heir.

[POMPONIUS libro sexto ad Sabinum. ] §34.3.2.prHeredem, damnatum a fideiussore non petere, a reo petere posse, sed a reo petere uetitum, si a fideiussore petat, reo ex testamento teneri Celsus putat.
[POMPONIUS in the sixth book on Sabinus.] Celsus thinks that an heir who is directed not to claim from a surety can claim from the principal debtor, but that one who is forbidden to claim from the principal debtor, if he should claim from the surety, is liable to the principal debtor under the will.
§34.3.2.1Idem Celsus ait nullam dubitationem habere, quin herede petere a debitore uetito nec heres heredis petere possit.
The same Celsus says that there is no doubt that when the heir is forbidden to claim from the debtor, the heir of the heir also cannot claim.

Notes

  1. §34.3.2.prdamnatum — damnatum is a perfect passive participle modifying heredem. In the context of wills, it means "directed" or "bound under penalty" (derived from the legacy style damnatio).
  2. §34.3.2.prreo ex testamento teneri — The subject of the infinitive teneri is the heir (heredem), specifically the one "forbidden to claim from the principal debtor" (a reo petere uetitum). If this heir claims from the surety, the surety would seek recourse against the principal debtor, thereby frustrating the testator's intent to release the debtor; hence, the heir becomes liable to the principal debtor under the will (ex testamento).
  3. §34.3.2.1herede petere a debitore uetito — An ablative absolute construction formed by herede and uetito, meaning "when the heir is forbidden [to claim from...]".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.3.2.pr-34.3.2.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.3.2.pr-34.3.2.1

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