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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.1.51.pr-36.1.51.1

Duty of the Heir to Defend Actions at Risk of Expiring

Passage 5604 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses the obligation of the heir to undertake a trial when there is an urgent threat of an action expiring during the restoration of an inheritance under the Trebellian senatusconsult, and how an appointed heir is sued by creditors while the son is deliberating on possession contrary to the will.

[PAPINIANUS libro tertio quaestionum. ] §36.1.51.prCum hereditas ex Trebelliano senatus consulto restituitur, si res urgueat et metus erit, ne per absentiam forte fideicommissarii dies actionis exeat, heres iudicium suscipere cogitur.
[PAPINIANUS, Questions, Book 3] When an inheritance is restored on the basis of the Trebellian senatusconsult, if the matter is urgent and there is a fear that the period for bringing an action might expire because of the absence of the fideicommissary, the heir is compelled to undertake the trial.
§36.1.51.1Similique modo filio de possessione contra tabulas deliberante scriptus heres a creditoribus hereditariis conuenitur.
And in a similar manner, while the son is deliberating on possession contrary to the will, the appointed heir is sued by the hereditary creditors.

Notes

  1. §36.1.51.prmetus erit, ne per absentiam forte fideicommissarii dies actionis exeat — A noun clause introduced by "ne" with the subjunctive verb "exeat", functioning in apposition with "metus" (fear that...). "dies actionis" refers to the time limit for bringing a lawsuit, and "exeat" (from exire) means to elapse or expire.
  2. §36.1.51.1filio de possessione contra tabulas deliberante — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun "filio" and the present participle "deliberante", expressing time (while the son is deliberating). "possessio contra tabulas" refers to the "bonorum possessio contra tabulas" (possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.1.51.pr-36.1.51.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.1.51.pr-36.1.51.1

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