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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.5.22.pr

Emancipated Son's Possession and Loss of Prelegacy

Passage 5771 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that when possession of goods contrary to the will is granted to a passed-over emancipated son, the other appointed heir, whether he accepts the possession or relies on the civil law, cannot retain his preferred legacies.

[IDEM libro quinto responsorum. ] §37.5.22.prBonorum possessione contra tabulas testamenti praeterito emancipato filio data, scriptus heres alter filius, qui possessionem accepit uel iure ciuili contentus non accepit, legata praecipua non habebit.
[THE SAME, book five of opinions.] When possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will has been granted to an emancipated son who was passed over, the other son, who is the appointed heir, whether he has accepted the possession or, being satisfied with the civil law, has not accepted it, shall not have the preferred legacies.

Notes

  1. §37.5.22.prBonorum possessione ... data — An ablative absolute construction formed by the noun possessione and the perfect participle data. The dative phrase praeterito emancipato filio functions as the indirect object of the passive participle data.
  2. §37.5.22.priure ciuili contentus — The adjective contentus (satisfied) governs the ablative case (iure ciuili), expressing the sense of being satisfied with the civil law alone, without seeking the additional possession of goods.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.5.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.5.22.pr

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