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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.4.7.pr

Bar on Possession for Legacies During Possession by an Unborn Child

Passage 5699 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that while an unborn child is in possession of the estate, no one else can enter into possession for the sake of preserving legacies.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio regularum. ] §36.4.7.prDum uenter in possessionem est, nullus legatorum seruandorum causa in possessionem esse potest.
[MARCIANUS, book 3 of the Rules] While the unborn child is in possession, no one can be in possession for the sake of preserving legacies.

Notes

  1. 36.4.7.pruenter — Literally "belly," but in Roman law, it refers to the "unborn child" (nasciturus). It represents the possession granted on behalf of the unborn child (missio in possessionem uentris nomine), which takes priority.
  2. 36.4.7.prin possessionem est — Although the preposition in indicating state or rest normally requires the ablative (possessione), the accusative (possessionem) is used here. This usage is likely influenced by the expression of being sent into possession (in possessionem mittere) or represents a common legal idiom.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.4.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.4.7.pr

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