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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §34.4.4.pr

Restoration of Legacy by Reconciliation and Revocability of Wills

Passage 5236 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if reconciliation occurs between the testator and the beneficiary, the legacy or trust-bequest once deemed revoked is restored, based on the principle that a testator's will remains changeable until death.

[IDEM libro trigesimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §34.4.4.prQuod si iterum in amicitiam redierunt et paenituit testatorem prioris offensae, legatum uel fideicommissum relictum redintegratur: ambulatoria enim est uoluntas defuncti usque ad uitae supremum exitum.
[THE SAME AUTHOR in the thirty-third book on Sabinus.] But if they have returned to friendship again and the testator has repented of the prior offense, the legacy or trust-bequest left is restored: for the will of the deceased is ambulatory up to the supreme end of life.

Notes

  1. 34.4.4.prpaenituit testatorem prioris offensae — A construction using the impersonal verb `paenitet` (to cause regret). The person who repents (the testator) is expressed by the accusative `testatorem`, and the object of regret (the prior offense) is expressed by the genitive `prioris offensae`.
  2. 34.4.4.prambulatoria enim est uoluntas defuncti — The adjective `ambulatorius` originally means "walking about" or "movable"; in legal contexts, it denotes that the will is freely revocable or changeable until it takes effect upon the death of the testator.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §34.4.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:34.4.4.pr

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