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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.2.43.pr

Patron as Substitute Claiming Possession Against the Will

Passage 5979 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Iulianus's opinion on how a patron's petition for possession contrary to the will (as a substitute heir) during the primary heir's deliberation affects the rights of other heirs.

[IDEM libro quarto decimo quaestionum. ] §38.2.43.prIulianus putat patronum, qui Titio pro parte dimidia heredi instituto substitutus eo deliberante bonorum possessionem contra tabulas accepit, si postea Titius non adierit hereditatem, nihil ei, qui adit hereditatem, abstulisse, non magis quam si sub condicione fuisset institutus.
[THE SAME, in the fourteenth book of Questions.] Iulianus thinks that a patron—who, having been substituted for Titius, who was appointed heir to a half share, accepted possession of goods contrary to the will while the latter was deliberating—has taken nothing away from the one who accepts the inheritance if Titius afterwards does not enter upon the inheritance, no more than if he had been appointed under a condition.
igitur Titio deliberante res in incerto erit, utrumne semis ex substitutione in possessionem conuertatur an Titio adeunte singulis heredibus partes debitae auferantur.
Therefore, while Titius is deliberating, the matter will be in uncertainty, whether the half share from the substitution is converted into possession, or, upon Titius entering, the due shares are taken away from each heir.

Notes

  1. 38.2.43.prpatronum ... abstulisse — An accusative with infinitive construction (indirect speech) dependent on the main verb `putat`, where `patronum` is the subject accusative and `abstulisse` (perfect active infinitive) is the predicate. Although the structure is complicated by the long relative clause `qui ... accepit` inserted in between, the core structure is `Iulianus putat patronum ... nihil ... abstulisse`.
  2. 38.2.43.prTitio ... substitutus — The perfect passive participle `substitutus` (agreeing with the relative pronoun `qui` which refers to `patronum`) means "having been substituted (in place of someone)" and governs the dative `Titio ... heredi instituto` (Titius, who was appointed heir to a half share).
  3. 38.2.43.preo deliberante — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the pronoun `eo` (referring to Titius) and the present participle `deliberante`, expressing time or circumstance ("while Titius is deliberating").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.2.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.2.43.pr

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