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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.11.10.pr

Grant of Bonorum Possessio to Conditional Slave Heir

Passage 5842 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Regarding the question of whether a slave instituted as heir under a condition can receive the possession of goods, Paulus indicates that Scaevola approves of this possibility.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad Plautium. ] §37.11.10.prSi seruus sub condicione heres institutus sit, an bonorum possessionem accipere potest, dubitatur.
[PAULUS, in the eighth book on Plautius.] If a slave has been instituted as heir under a condition, it is doubted whether he can accept the possession of goods.
et Scaeuola noster probat posse.
And our Scaevola approves that he can.

Notes

  1. §37.11.10.pran bonorum possessionem accipere potest — This indirect question clause introduced by the impersonal verb `dubitatur` (it is doubted) uses the indicative `potest` instead of the subjunctive `possit`, which is normally expected in classical Latin grammar.
  2. §37.11.10.prposse — This is an accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the object of `probat`, where the subject accusative `eum` (referring to the slave `seruus`) and the dependent infinitive `bonorum possessionem accipere` are omitted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.11.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.11.10.pr

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