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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §44.2.2.pr

Restoring Right to Sue Heir when Son Waives Claim

Passage 7215 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It discusses that a plaintiff who sued the heir of a testator who passed over his son, but was barred by an exception based on the potential invalidity of the testament, should be restored to their position to sue again if the emancipated son subsequently fails to claim possession of goods.

[IDEM libro tertio decimo ad edictum. ] §44.2.2.prQui cum herede eius egit, qui filium praeterierat, et exceptione summotus est 'ac si non in ea causa sint tabulae testamenti, ut contra eas bonorum possessio dari possit': omittente emancipato filio bonorum possessionem non inique restituetur, ut agat cum herede: et ita Iulianus libro quarto digestorum scripsit.
[THE SAME, in the thirteenth book on the Edict.] A person who has sued the heir of one who had passed over his son, and was barred by the exception "as if the tablets of the testament were not in such a state that possession of goods contrary to them could be granted," will not be inequitably restored to his position, so that he may sue the heir, if the emancipated son fails to claim possession of goods; and Julian wrote thus in the fourth book of the Digests.

Notes

  1. §44.2.2.prQui — The demonstrative pronoun (is) acting as the antecedent of the relative pronoun qui is omitted, which serves as the grammatical subject of the main verb restituetur ("he who ... will be restored"). The two verbs egit and summotus est are coordinated within this relative clause.
  2. §44.2.2.prac si non in ea causa sint tabulae testamenti, ut contra eas bonorum possessio dari possit — This clause explains the substance of the exception (exceptio). The double negative construction non ... ut... ("not in such a state that ... could not") indicates that the testament is indeed in a state where possession contrary to it can be granted, meaning its validity is suspended due to the pretermitted son.
  3. §44.2.2.promittente emancipato filio bonorum possessionem — An ablative absolute construction with the present participle omittente, expressing a condition ("if the emancipated son fails to claim the possession of goods") under which the main action of restoration (restituetur) takes place.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §44.2.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:44.2.2.pr

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