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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.6.30.pr

Revocation of Gift Mortis Causa and Condictio

Passage 6280 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that a donor who regrets a donation mortis causa has himself a condictio or an analogous action to recover the property.

[IDEM libro uicensimo primo ad edictum. ] §39.6.30.prQui mortis causa donauit, ipse ex paenitentia condictionem uel utilem actionem habet.
[THE SAME, on the Edict, book 21.] He who has made a donation mortis causa has himself, on account of a change of mind, a condictio or an analogous action.

Notes

  1. §39.6.30.prex paenitentia — Meaning "out of repentance" or "from a change of mind." It refers to the donor's right to unilaterally revoke the donation mortis causa during their lifetime.
  2. §39.6.30.prcondictionem uel utilem actionem — The former is a strict civil law action for the recovery of property based on unjust enrichment, while the latter is an analogous action adapted by the praetor to provide relief. Both are listed here as remedies for recovering the donated property upon revocation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.6.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.6.30.pr

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