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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.4.5.pr

Possession for Heirs of Persons Dying before Petition

Passage 5733 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julian argues that it is equitable for the praetor to secure the benefit of the possession of goods for the heirs of those entitled who died before making the petition.

[IULIANUS libro uicesimo quarto digestorum. ] §37.4.5.prSed et si decesserint, antequam peterent bonorum possessionem, non est iniquum praetorem decernere heredibus eorum saluum fore commodum bonorum possessionis secundum tabulas uel contra tabulas.
[IULIANUS libro uicesimo quarto digestorum.] But even if they should die before they petition for the possession of goods, it is not inequitable for the praetor to decree that the benefit of the possession of goods, whether according to the will or contrary to the will, shall be secured for their heirs.

Notes

  1. §37.4.5.prpraetorem decernere heredibus eorum saluum fore commodum — A double accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction. The entire clause serves as the subject of the impersonal expression 'non est iniquum' (it is not inequitable), where 'praetorem' is the subject accusative of 'decernere' (to decree). Inside this, another AcI clause, 'saluum fore commodum' (that the benefit [commodum] shall be secured [saluum fore]), acts as the object of 'decernere'. The dative 'heredibus eorum' (for their heirs) depends on 'saluum fore'.
  2. §37.4.5.prdecesserint — Third-person plural perfect subjunctive (or future perfect indicative). There is no explicit subject, but in context (and from the preceding fragment 37.4.4.3), it refers to the parties entitled to petition for the possession of goods, particularly emancipated children.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.4.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.4.5.pr

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