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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.6.2.pr

Loss of Inheritance by Failure to Claim Possession

Passage 6017 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage discusses how an emancipated son or a patron passed over in a will loses the inheritance by their own fault if they fail to claim the possession of goods contrary to the will, as the praetor will not protect them under subsequent classes of succession.

[IULIANUS libro uicensimo septimo digestorum. ] §38.6.2.prEmancipatus praeteritus si contra tabulas bonorum possessionem non acceperit et scripti heredes adierint hereditatem, sua culpa amittit paternam hereditatem: nam quamuis secundum tabulas bonorum possessio petita non fuerit, non tamen eum praetor tuetur, ut bonorum possessionem accipiat unde liberi.
[JULIANUS in the twenty-seventh book of the Digests.] If an emancipated son who has been passed over does not accept the possession of goods contrary to the tablet of the will, and the written heirs enter upon the inheritance, he loses his father’s inheritance by his own fault; for even though the possession of goods in accordance with the tablet of the will has not been petitioned for, the praetor nevertheless does not protect him so that he may receive the possession of goods under the class "children".
nam et patronum praeteritum, si non petat contra tabulas bonorum possessionem, ex illa parte edicti, unde legitimi uocantur, non solet tueri praetor aduersus scriptos heredes.
For the praetor is also not accustomed to protect a passed-over patron against the written heirs under that part of the edict by which statutory heirs are called, if he does not petition for the possession of goods contrary to the tablet of the will.

Notes

  1. §38.6.2.prunde liberi — An abbreviation for the heading of the edict, meaning "from which children [are called]". It is a relative clause construction, originally `unde liberi [uocantur]`, modifying an omitted antecedent like `ex ea parte edicti` ("from that part of the edict"). The subsequent phrase `unde legitimi uocantur` shows the same structure without omission.
  2. §38.6.2.prnon tamen eum praetor tuetur, ut — The `ut` clause following the verb `tueri` ("protect") indicates the result or purpose of the praetorian protection ("protect him so that he may receive"). With the negative `non`, it means "the praetor does not protect him to the effect that he may receive".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.6.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.6.2.pr

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