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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.6.22.pr

Relevant Time for Determining Capacity in Gifts Mortis Causa

Passage 6272 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that in donations mortis causa, the relevant time for determining whether a recipient has the capacity to take is not the time of the donation, but the time of the donor's death.

[AFRICANUS libro primo quaestionum. ] §39.6.22.prIn mortis causa donationibus non tempus donationis, sed mortis intuendum est, an quis capere possit.
[AFRICANUS, from the first book of Questions.] In donations mortis causa, not the time of the donation but that of death must be considered to determine whether one can take.

Notes

  1. §39.6.22.printuendum est — An impersonal gerundive construction governing the indirect question clause `an quis capere possit` introduced by `an`. It literally means 'it must be looked to, whether...'.
  2. §39.6.22.prcapere — In the context of Roman law, this verb does not merely mean 'to take' or 'to receive' physically, but specifically refers to having the legal capacity (capacitas) to acquire or take under a will or donation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.6.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.6.22.pr

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