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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.5.21.pr

Repudiation by an Excepted Person and Legacy Duties

Passage 5770 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section establishes that if an excepted person repudiates a share of inheritance they were entitled to hold by law, the son who obtained possession of goods must perform legacies only to the excepted persons regarding that share.

[PAPINIANUS libro tertio decimo quaestionum. ] §37.5.21.prSi portio hereditatis, quam excepta persona beneficio legis habere potuit, repudietur, pro ea quoque parte filius, qui bonorum possessionem accepit, non aliis quam exceptis personis legata praestabit.
[PAPINIANUS, book thirteen of questions.] If a share of the inheritance, which an excepted person was able to hold by the benefit of the law, should be repudiated, the son who has accepted the possession of goods shall, also in respect of that part, perform the legacies to none other than the excepted persons.

Notes

  1. §37.5.21.prpro ea quoque parte — The demonstrative pronoun `ea` refers to the repudiated share of the inheritance (`portio hereditatis`) mentioned in the preceding conditional clause, meaning 'also in respect of that part' (or the portion corresponding to it).
  2. §37.5.21.prnon aliis quam exceptis personis — This is a restrictive construction ('to none other than...', i.e., 'only to...') using `non alius quam`, functioning here as the dative object of `legata praestabit` (will perform/pay the legacies).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.5.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.5.21.pr

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