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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.17.4.pr

Inheritance of Intestate Mother by Children of Different Marriages

Passage 6091 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the rule of law that the inheritance of a mother who dies intestate belongs to all her children, even if they were born of different marriages.

[IDEM libro nono regularum. ] §38.17.4.prMatris intestatae defunctae hereditatem ad omnes eius liberos pertinere, etiamsi ex diuersis matrimoniis nati fuerint, iuris est.
[THE SAME, in the ninth book of Rules.] It is a rule of law that the inheritance of a mother who dies intestate belongs to all her children, even if they were born of different marriages.

Notes

  1. §38.17.4.priuris est — iuris is the genitive singular of the noun ius (law), serving here as a predicate genitive ("it is a matter of law", "it is a rule of law") taking the accusative with infinitive clause Matris... pertinere as its subject.
  2. §38.17.4.prMatris intestatae defunctae — Matris is a genitive of possession modifying hereditatem, and is further modified by the adjective intestatae (intestate) and the perfect participle defunctae (deceased, from defungi).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.17.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.17.4.pr

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