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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.8.5.pr

Possession of Goods for Heirs Affected by Capitis Deminutio

Passage 6035 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that statutory heirs who have undergone capitis deminutio lose their right to the possession of goods as statutory heirs, but are called again to the succession in the order of cognates.

[POMPONIUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §38.8.5.prLegitimis capite deminutis non datur bonorum possessio iure heredis legitimi, quia non eadem causa eorum est, quae liberorum: sed gradu cognatorum rursus uocantur.
[POMPONIUS on Sabinus, book four.] To statutory heirs who have suffered capitis deminutio, possession of goods is not granted by the right of a statutory heir, because their legal position is not the same as that of children; but they are called again in the degree of cognates.

Notes

  1. §38.8.5.prLegitimis capite deminutis — This phrase is interpreted as the dative indirect object of the passive verb `datur`. Although it could theoretically be construed as an ablative absolute ('when statutory heirs have suffered capitis deminutio'), treating it as a dative ('to statutory heirs who have suffered...') provides a smoother syntactic connection to the subsequent pronoun `eorum` and the subject of `uocantur`.
  2. §38.8.5.prquae liberorum — The relative pronoun `quae` forms the correlative construction `eadem ... quae` ('the same ... as'), and the genitive `liberorum` depends on an implied repetition of the noun `causa` (i.e., 'the causa of children').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.8.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.8.5.pr

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