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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.17.8.pr

Suspense of Mother's Rights During Emancipated Son's Deliberation

Passage 6095 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that the mother's right of inheritance remains in suspense while an emancipated son of the deceased deliberates whether to petition for the possession of goods.

[GAIUS libro singulari ad senatus consultum Tertullianum. ] §38.17.8.prIn suspenso est ius matris, si filius defuncti emancipatus deliberet de bonorum possessione petenda.
[GAIUS in his single book on the Senatus Consultum Tertullianum.] The right of the mother is in suspense, if an emancipated son of the deceased deliberates about seeking possession of the goods.

Notes

  1. 38.17.8.prde bonorum possessione petenda — A construction consisting of the preposition de followed by the ablative noun bonorum possessione and the agreeing gerundive petenda, expressing the nominal sense of "about seeking the possession of goods (bonorum possessio)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.17.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.17.8.pr

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