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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.1.18.pr

No Acquisition of an Inheritance via an Estate Slave

Passage 6648 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents the rule that through a slave belonging to an inheritance, the heir cannot acquire anything that is part of the same inheritance, especially the inheritance itself.

[IDEM libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §41.1.18.prPer hereditarium seruum quod est eiusdem hereditatis heredi adquiri non potest et maxime ipsa hereditas.
[THE SAME, On Sabinus, book 4] Through a slave belonging to an inheritance, that which is part of the same inheritance cannot be acquired for the heir, and especially the inheritance itself.

Notes

  1. §41.1.18.prquod est eiusdem hereditatis — quod is a relative pronoun forming a nominal clause with the antecedent omitted ("that which..."), serving as the subject of adquiri non potest. eiusdem hereditatis is a genitive of property or possession, meaning "belonging to the same inheritance."
  2. §41.1.18.pret maxime ipsa hereditas — Introduces ipsa hereditas as another subject coordinated with the relative clause quod... for adquiri non potest. Thus, it means "and especially the inheritance itself [cannot be acquired for the heir]."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.1.18.pr

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