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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.6.3.pr

Absence of a Valid Will and Petition for Intestate Possession

Passage 6018 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stated that possession of goods on intestacy can be petitioned for if it is certain that no valid will (one sealed by seven witnesses) exists.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo ad Sabinum. ] §38.6.3.prBonorum possessio potest peti ab intestato, si certum sit tabulas non extare septem testium signis signatas.
[ULPIANUS in the eighth book on Sabinus.] Possession of goods can be petitioned for on intestacy, if it is certain that a will sealed with the seals of seven witnesses does not exist.

Notes

  1. §38.6.3.prab intestato — A legal expression composed of the preposition ab and the ablative of the adjective intestatus (without a will), meaning adverbially "on intestacy" or "in the case of intestacy."
  2. §38.6.3.prtabulas non extare — An accusative with infinitive clause serving as the subject of the impersonal subjunctive expression certum sit. The logical subject tabulas (testamentary tablets, will), in the feminine plural accusative, is modified by the following perfect participle signatas (sealed).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.6.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.6.3.pr

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