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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.1.36.pr

Restitution of Estate by an Insane Heir and Curator's Actions

Passage 5589 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian cites a decree of the deified Pius stating that when a madwoman instituted as heir is requested to restore an inheritance, her curator can transfer the actions after accepting the possession of goods in accordance with the will.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto de officio proconsulis. ] §36.1.36.prCum heres instituta furiosa hereditatem esset rogata restituere, curatorem eius secundum tabulas bonorum possessione accepta posse transferre actiones diuus Pius decreuit.
[ULPIAN, On the Office of Proconsul, Book VI] When a madwoman who had been instituted as heir was requested to restore the inheritance, the deified Pius decreed that her curator, after accepting the possession of goods in accordance with the will, could transfer the actions.

Notes

  1. §36.1.36.presset rogata — The verb rogare in the context of trust (fideicommissum) is used in the passive voice esset rogata (subjunctive pluperfect) to mean 'having been requested or entrusted' to restore the inheritance. It functions within the cum-clause expressing circumstance or cause.
  2. §36.1.36.prsecundum tabulas bonorum possessione accepta — This is an ablative absolute clause, where the prepositional phrase secundum tabulas (in accordance with the tablets/will) modifies the noun phrase bonorum possessione. It refers to the acquisition of the 'possession of goods in accordance with the will' (bonorum possessio secundum tabulas) in Roman law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.1.36.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.1.36.pr

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