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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.1.22.pr

Acceptance of a Surety for an Unaccepted Inheritance

Passage 7570 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that a surety can be accepted after the principal debtor's death and before the inheritance is entered upon, because the inheritance functions in place of a person, similar to a municipality or partnership.

[FLORENTINUS libro octauo institutionum. ] §46.1.22.prMortuo reo promittendi et ante aditam hereditatem fideiussor accipi potest, quia hereditas personae uice fungitur, sicuti municipium et decuria et societas.
[FLORENTINUS in the eighth book of Institutes.] After the death of the principal debtor and before the inheritance is entered upon, a surety can be accepted, because the inheritance functions in place of a person, just as a municipality, a decuria, and a partnership do.

Notes

  1. §46.1.22.prante aditam hereditatem — The preposition 'ante' is followed by a noun and a perfect passive participle ('aditam hereditatem') to express the action or event itself, meaning 'before the inheritance is entered upon' (known as the ab urbe condita construction).
  2. §46.1.22.prpersonae uice fungitur — The deponent verb 'fungitur' governs the ablative case, taking 'uice' (ablative of 'uicis', meaning 'in place of, as the role of') as its object, which is modified by the genitive 'personae'. It denotes that the inheritance functions as a kind of legal person.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.1.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.1.22.pr

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