Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.3.35.pr

Action for Fraud for Destroying a Deposited Will

Passage 696 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provides that if someone destroys or defaces a deposited will after the testator's death, not only the appointed heir but also the legatees are entitled to bring an action on fraud (actio de dolo).

[IDEM libro trigensimo ad edictum. ] §4.3.35.prSi quis tabulas testamenti apud se depositas post mortem testatoris deleuit uel alio modo corruperit, heres scriptus habebit aduersus eum actionem de dolo.
[THE SAME, in the thirtieth book on the Edict.] If anyone, after the death of the testator, has destroyed or in any other way defaced the tablets of a will deposited with him, the appointed heir will have an action on fraud against him.
sed et his, quibus legata data sunt, danda erit de dolo actio.
Moreover, the action on fraud must also be granted to those to whom legacies have been left.

Notes

  1. §4.3.35.prheres scriptus — Literally "written heir", referring to the "appointed heir" (heres institutus) designated by having their name written in the will.
  2. §4.3.35.prdanda erit — A passive periphrastic conjugation formed by the gerundive danda and the future of sum (erit), expressing obligation or necessity ("must be granted") or a future legal consequence ("will have to be granted"), governing the dative his.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.3.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.3.35.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.