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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.40.pr

Completion of Usucapion Before Acceptance of Inheritance

Passage 6792 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is established that a usucapion initiated by the deceased can still run and be completed even before the heir formally accepts the inheritance.

[NERATIUS libro quinto regularum. ] §41.3.40.prCoeptam usucapionem a defuncto posse et ante aditam hereditatem impleri constitutum est.
[NERATIUS, Rules, book 5] It has been established that a usucapion begun by the deceased can be completed even before the inheritance is accepted.

Notes

  1. §41.3.40.prante aditam hereditatem — The perfect passive participle aditam modifies the noun hereditatem, governed by the preposition ante, expressing an action ('before the inheritance is accepted', the so-called ab urbe condita construction) rather than literally 'before the accepted inheritance'.
  2. §41.3.40.prconstitutum est — Used impersonally, taking the accusative and infinitive (AcI) clause 'coeptam usucapionem ... posse ... impleri' as its subject.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.40.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.40.pr

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