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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.6.5.pr

Limits and Exceptions to Creditor Relief After Separation

Passage 6994 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses the rule that once estate creditors seek a separation of goods, they must rely solely on the estate even if the heir is solvent, along with the exceptions and consequences regarding subsequent acquisitions of property.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo quaestionum. ] §42.6.5.prSi creditores hereditarii separationem bonorum impetrauerunt et inueniatur non idonea hereditas, heres autem idoneus: non poterunt reuerti ad heredem, sed eo, quod semel postulauerunt, stare debent.
[PAULUS, Questions, Book 13] If the creditors of the estate have obtained a separation of goods and the estate is found to be insufficient, whereas the heir is solvent, they cannot return to the heir, but must stand by what they have once demanded.
sed si post impetratam separationem aliquid heres adquisierit, si quidem ex hereditate, admitti debebunt ad id quod adquisitum est illi qui separationem impetrauerunt: sed si illis satisfactum fuerit, quod superest tribuetur propriis heredis creditoribus.
But if, after the separation has been obtained, the heir acquires something, and indeed from the estate, those who obtained the separation must be admitted to what has been acquired; but if they have been satisfied, what remains shall be given to the heir's own creditors.
at si ex alia causa heres adquisierit, non admittentur hereditarii creditores.
If, however, the heir acquires something from another cause, the creditors of the estate shall not be admitted.
quod si proprii ad solidum peruenerunt, id quod supererit tribuendum hereditariis quidam putant: mihi autem id non uidetur: cum enim separationem petierunt, recesserunt a persona heredis et bona secuti sunt et quasi defuncti bona uendiderunt, quae augmenta non possunt recipere.
But if the heir's own creditors have obtained full payment, some think that what remains should be given to the creditors of the estate; but to me this does not seem to be the case. For when they sought separation, they withdrew from the person of the heir and followed the goods, and sold, as it were, the goods of the deceased, which cannot receive increase.
idemque existimo dicendum, etiamsi circa separationem bonorum decepti minus consecuti sunt quam proprii heredis creditores.
And I think the same must be said even if, being deceived regarding the separation of goods, they have obtained less than the heir's own creditors.
proprii autem heredis creditores habent propria eius bona et personam, quae potest donec uiuit adquirere.
On the other hand, the heir's own creditors have his own goods and his person, which can acquire as long as he lives.

Notes

  1. §42.6.5.preo, quod semel postulauerunt, stare debent — The verb stare takes the ablative case in the sense of "to stand by, abide by, acquiesce in." Here, the ablative demonstrative pronoun eo serves as the antecedent to the relative clause quod semel postulauerunt ("what they once demanded").
  2. §42.6.5.prpost impetratam separationem — A noun combined with a perfect passive participle after the preposition post, expressing the action or fact: "after the separation has been obtained" (the so-called "ab urbe condita" construction).
  3. §42.6.5.prproprii — The noun creditores is omitted, and the adjective proprii is used substantively to mean "the heir's own (creditors)," in contrast to the creditores hereditarii (creditors of the estate) mentioned throughout the passage.
  4. §42.6.5.prdecepti — A perfect participle agreeing with the plural masculine subject (the creditors who sought separation), functioning concessionally: "even though they were deceived" or "miscalculated" regarding the value of the estate they chose to separate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.6.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.6.5.pr

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