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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.4.18.pr-37.4.18.1

Possession for Disinherited Child and Limit on Legacies

Passage 5746 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment regulates the petition for possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will by a conditionally disinherited child, and the limitation of testamentary benefits imposed on those who receive such possession.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro tertio iuris epitomarum. ] §37.4.18.prSub condicione exheredatus contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petet, licet sub condicione heres institutus a contra tabulas bonorum possessione excludatur: certo enim iudicio liberi a parentium successione remouendi sunt.
[HERMOGENIANUS in the third book of the Epitomes of Law.] A person disinherited under a condition shall petition for the possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will, although a person instituted as heir under a condition is excluded from the possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will; for children ought to be removed from the succession of their parents by a certain judgment.
§37.4.18.1Ei, qui contra tabulas bonorum possessionem accepit, tam legati quam fideicommissi exactio, sed et mortis causa donationis retentio denegatur: nec interest, per semet ipsos an per alium quaeratur.
To him who has received the possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will, the collection of a legacy as well as of a fideicommissum, and also the retention of a donation mortis causa is denied; nor does it matter whether it is acquired by themselves or through another.

Notes

  1. 37.4.18.prcerto enim iudicio — 'certo' means 'certain' or 'definite', and 'iudicio' (ablative of 'iudicium') refers to 'judgment' or 'testamentary disposition'. This ablative phrase expresses the legal principle that children must be excluded from parental succession by a clear and definitive expression of will, rather than an uncertain conditional one.
  2. 37.4.18.1per semet ipsos an per alium quaeratur — This is an indirect question clause. The plural 'ipsos' is used in relation to the preceding singular 'ei' because the latter refers to a general class of persons. 'quaeratur' is the third-person singular present subjunctive passive, referring to the acquisition of the possession of goods mentioned in the preceding sentence.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.4.18.pr-37.4.18.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.4.18.pr-37.4.18.1

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