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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.10.11.pr

Circumstances Excluding the Carbonian Edict

Passage 5827 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinian discusses the applicability of the Carbonian Edict, explaining that it does not apply when a son can be an heir without the praetor's assistance or when it is certain that he will not be the heir in any case.

[PAPINIANUS libro tertio decimo quaestionum. ] §37.10.11.prCum sine beneficio praetoris qui patitur controuersiam filius heres esse potest, forte quia scriptus est, edicto Carboniano locus non est: ac similiter cum certum est, quamuis filius sit, eum tamen heredem non fore, ueluti si Titio herede instituto postumus aut impubes exheredatus negetur filius.
[PAPINIANUS libro tertio decimo quaestionum.] When a son whose status is in dispute can be heir without the assistance of the praetor, for instance, because he has been appointed in the will, there is no room for the Carbonian Edict. And likewise when it is certain that, even if he is the son, he will nevertheless not be the heir; as, for example, if, Titius having been instituted heir, a son who was disinherited as a posthumous child or as an impubes is denied to be the son.
nec ad rem pertinet, quod interest illius in quibusdam filium esse, ueluti propter fratris ex alia matre nati bona uel iura libertorum et sepulchrorum: istos enim casus ad Carbonianum constat non pertinere.
Nor does it matter that it is of importance to him in certain respects to be the son, as, for instance, on account of the estate of a brother born of another mother, or the rights of patrons over freedmen, and rights of sepulcher; for it is established that these cases do not relate to the Carbonian Edict.

Notes

  1. §37.10.11.prqui patitur controuersiam filius — The relative clause `qui patitur controuersiam` (he who suffers dispute) is placed before its antecedent `filius` (son), forming a hyperbaton. It refers to a son whose status or inheritance right is being contested.
  2. §37.10.11.printerest illius — The impersonal verb `interest` (it is of importance/interest to) takes the genitive of the person concerned, hence the genitive singular `illius` of the pronoun `ille`. The subject of `interest` is the accusative-with-infinitive clause `filium esse` (to be the son).
  3. §37.10.11.prquod interest — The conjunction `quod` introduces a factual noun clause ("the fact that...") which serves as the subject of the impersonal expression `nec ad rem pertinet` (it is of no relevance) in the main clause.
  4. §37.10.11.prueluti si Titio herede instituto postumus aut impubes exheredatus negetur filius — `Titio herede instituto` is an ablative absolute. `exheredatus` is a participle modifying `filius`, referring to 'a son disinherited as a posthumous child (postumus) or as an impubes (one under the age of puberty).' `negetur filius` means 'he is denied to be the son.' Since even a true son cannot inherit if he is validly disinherited, there is no dispute over whether he can be the heir, which is the prerequisite for the Carbonian Edict.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.10.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.10.11.pr

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