Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.4.2.pr

Disallowance of Security and Possession before Acceptance

Passage 5693 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that if it is certain that the inheritance has not yet been accepted, neither the giving of security nor the possession of goods is allowed.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo nono ad edictum. ] §36.4.2.prSi autem certum sit hereditatem necdum aditam fuisse, nec satisdatio nec possessio locum habet.

[THE SAME in the seventy-ninth book on the Edict.] But if it is certain that the inheritance has not yet been accepted, neither the giving of security nor possession has any place.

Notes

36.4.2.prcertum sit hereditatem necdum aditam fuisse — An accusative with infinitive construction governed by the impersonal adjective certum (subject hereditatem, verb aditam fuisse). The perfect passive infinitive aditam fuisse of adire hereditatem (to accept an inheritance) is used to express "that the inheritance has not yet been accepted."
36.4.2.prlocum habet — An idiomatic expression meaning "(for a legal remedy or institution) to have place, be applicable, or be allowed." Here it indicates that there is no room for either the giving of security (satisdatio) or possession (possessio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.4.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.4.2.pr

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