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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.4.11.pr-37.4.11.1

Conditional Appointment of Adopted Sons and Distribution

Passage 5739 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the rights to the possession of goods of an adopted son instituted by his natural father under a condition or unlawfully without condition, and the distribution of possession contrary to the will based on the rules of statutory succession.

[PAULUS libro quadragesimo primo ad edictum. ] §37.4.11.prSi in adoptionem datus sub condicione scriptus sit heres a naturali patre, alio committente contra tabulas edictum et ipse ueniet: sed si defecerit condicio, repellitur ab ea possessione.
[PAULUS in the forty-first book on the Edict.] If a person given in adoption is instituted heir under a condition by his natural father, when another brings the edict contrary to the will into operation, he himself will also come to it; but if the condition fails, he is excluded from that possession.
idem puto et in eo, qui pure quidem, sed non iure scriptus sit heres.
I think the same also in the case of one who is instituted heir unconditionally, to be sure, but not lawfully.
§37.4.11.1Exemplo iuris legitimi et bonorum possessio contra tabulas distribuitur: igitur nepotes ex uno filio unam partem habebunt.
The possession of goods contrary to the will is distributed according to the example of statutory law; therefore, grandsons by one son will have one share.

Notes

  1. §37.4.11.pralio committente contra tabulas edictum — An ablative absolute construction with the noun alio and the present participle committente. Committere edictum is a legal idiom meaning "to bring the edict into operation" or "to satisfy the conditions of the edict," referring to the case where another person claims possession contrary to the will, thereby activating the edict.
  2. §37.4.11.prpure quidem, sed non iure — Pure is an adverb meaning "unconditionally" or "simply," in contrast to sub condicione (under a condition). Non iure means "not lawfully" or "invalidly," referring to a situation where the institution of the heir is invalid due to formal defects in the will.
  3. §37.4.11.1Exemplo iuris legitimi — Meaning "according to the example of statutory law," where the ablative exemplo indicates the standard. It shows that the distribution ratio of the possession of goods (bonorum possessio) based on the praetorian edict is modeled after the rules of statutory inheritance (ius legitimum) under civil law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.4.11.pr-37.4.11.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.4.11.pr-37.4.11.1

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