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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.5.12.pr

Substitute Heirs and Legacies After Rejection

Passage 5761 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that whether the appointed heirs reject the inheritance or not, and even if the substitute heirs enter upon it on their rejection, the legacies left by the appointed heirs must be discharged.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragesimo ad edictum. ] §37.5.12.prSiue autem omiserint instituti siue non omiserint, dicendum est legata, quae ab ipsis relicta sunt, praestanda, quamuis secundo gradu instituti omittentibus eis adierint hereditatem.
[ULPIANUS libro quadragesimo ad edictum.] But whether the appointed heirs have rejected the inheritance or have not rejected it, it must be said that the legacies which were left by them are to be discharged, even though those appointed in the second degree have entered upon the inheritance upon their rejection.

Notes

  1. §37.5.12.prsecundo gradu instituti — "gradu" is the ablative of "gradus" (ablative of respect or limitation) and, together with "secundo", refers to "the heirs appointed in the second degree" (i.e., substitute heirs).
  2. §37.5.12.promittentibus eis — Ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle "omittentibus" and the pronoun "eis" (referring to the first-degree appointed heirs), expressing the cause or circumstance ("upon their rejection" or "since they reject").
  3. §37.5.12.prlegata ... praestanda — Accusative with infinitive construction (with "esse" omitted) where "legata" is the subject accusative and "praestanda" is the gerundive, forming the noun clause dependent on the impersonal main verb phrase "dicendum est" (it must be said).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.5.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.5.12.pr

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