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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.3.4.pr

Actions on a Will: Heir's Defense and Security

Passage 5204 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the scope of the heir's defense and the necessity of giving security when either the creditor or the debtor brings an action based on the will.

[POMPONIUS libro septimo ex Plautio. ] §34.3.4.prQuid ergo est, cum agere poterit creditor ex testamento? non aliter heres condemnari debebit, quam si caueatur ei aduersus debitorem defensu iri.
[POMPONIUS in the seventh book on Plautius.] What then is the case, when the creditor is able to bring an action under the will? The heir ought not to be condemned otherwise than if security is given to him that he will be defended against the debtor.
item agente debitore nihil amplius heres praestare debet, quam ut eum aduersus creditorem defendat.
Likewise, when the debtor brings an action, the heir ought to perform nothing more than to defend him against the creditor.

Notes

  1. §34.3.4.prdefensu iri — A future passive infinitive formed from the accusative supine `defensum` and the passive infinitive `iri` of `eo`. The subject accusative `eum` (referring to the heir, `heres`) is omitted, and the phrase expresses the content of `caueatur ei` (that security be given to him), meaning 'that he [the heir] will be defended.'
  2. §34.3.4.prnon aliter... quam si — A correlative construction meaning 'not otherwise... than if,' which strictly limits the condition under which the heir is to be condemned (`condemnari`) to the case where security is given (`caueatur`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.3.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.3.4.pr

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