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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.11.6.pr

Estate Possession Pending Condition and Valid Institution

Passage 5838 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that among those instituted heirs under a condition, only those validly instituted can petition for the possession of goods before the condition is fulfilled, and that an invalid institution is of no avail for obtaining it.

[IDEM libro octauo disputationum. ] §37.11.6.prHi demum sub condicione heredes instituti bonorum possessionem secundum tabulas etiam pendente condicione necdum impleta petere possunt, qui utiliter sunt instituti: quod si inutiliter quis sit institutus, nec ad bonorum possessionem inutilis institutio proficit.
[THE SAME, in the eighth book of his Disputations.] Only those among the persons instituted heirs under a condition can petition for the possession of goods in accordance with the will, even while the condition is pending and not yet fulfilled, who have been validly instituted; but if anyone has been invalidly instituted, the invalid institution is of no avail even for the possession of goods.

Notes

  1. §37.11.6.prHi demum ... qui utiliter sunt instituti — The demonstrative pronoun `Hi` at the beginning and the relative clause `qui utiliter sunt instituti` are separated by a hyperbaton. Combined with the adverb `demum` ("only"), it restricts the subject to "only those who have been validly instituted."
  2. §37.11.6.prpendente condicione necdum impleta — Ablative absolute construction. The present participle `pendente` and the perfect participle `impleta` (accompanied by the negative `necdum`) both modify the noun `condicione`, expressing a simultaneous circumstance: "while the condition is pending and not yet fulfilled."
  3. §37.11.6.prquod si — A transitional formula at the beginning of a sentence used to introduce a contrast or a new hypothesis, meaning "but if" or "if however."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.11.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.11.6.pr

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