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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.15.4.pr-38.15.4.1

Substitute Heir's Accrual and One-Year Possession Period

Passage 6067 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text explains the rule where a substitute heir obtains the entirety of the inheritance upon the co-heir's refusal, and notes that a son (in any capacity) and a father have a one-year period to accept the possession of goods.

[IULIANUS libro uicensimo octauo digestorum. ] §38.15.4.prSi coheredi tuo substitutus fuisses et bonorum possessionem acceperis, quandoque coheres tuus constituerit nolle petere bonorum possessionem, tibi data tota intellegitur, coheres tuus amplius petendae bonorum possessionis facultatem non habebit.
[JULIANUS, from the twenty-eighth book of the Digests.] If you had been substituted for your co-heir and have accepted the possession of goods, whenever your co-heir has decided that he does not want to seek the possession of goods, it is understood to be given to you in its entirety, and your co-heir will no longer have the power of seeking the possession of goods.
§38.15.4.1Filius non solum si tamquam filius,sed et si tamquam adgnatus uel tamquam cognatus ad bonorum possessionem uocatur, annuum spatium habet: sicuti pater, qui filium manumisisset, quamuis ut manumissor bonorum possessionem accipiat, tamen ad bonorum possessionem accipiendam annuum spatium habet.
A son has a space of a year, not only if he is called to the possession of goods as a son, but also if as an agnate or as a cognate; just like a father who had manumitted his son, although he receives the possession of goods as a manumissor, nevertheless has a space of a year to accept the possession of goods.

Notes

  1. §38.15.4.prquandoque — Used as a conjunction meaning "whenever," introducing a conditional temporal clause with the future perfect (or subjunctive perfect) verb constituerit.
  2. §38.15.4.prpetendae bonorum possessionis — A gerundive construction where the gerundive petendae (feminine singular genitive) agrees with the noun bonorum possessionis. The entire phrase functions as an objective genitive modifying the noun facultatem.
  3. §38.15.4.1ad bonorum possessionem accipiendam — A construction expressing purpose, where the preposition ad is followed by the gerundive phrase in the accusative (accipiendam agreeing with bonorum possessionem).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.15.4.pr-38.15.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.15.4.pr-38.15.4.1

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