Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.27.pr

Compatibility of Envoy Duties and Custody of Inheritance

Passage 908 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It argues that there is no conflict between an envoy performing public duties and a plaintiff taking possession of hereditary property for custody.

[IULIANUS libro primo digestorum. ] §5.1.27.prQuid enim prohibet legatum publico munere fungi et actorem custodiae causa in possessione rerum hereditariarum esse?

[JULIANUS, in the first book of the Digests.] For what prevents an envoy from performing his public duty, and the plaintiff from being in possession of the hereditary property for the purpose of custody?

Notes

5.1.27.prlegatum — The accusative singular of the masculine noun legatus (envoy, ambassador), not the neuter legatum (legacy/bequest). It serves as the subject accusative of the infinitive fungi, as clearly indicated by the context of legatio in the preceding fragment 26.
5.1.27.prprohibet — The verb prohibere (to prevent/hinder) governs the accusative with infinitive construction ('to prevent A from doing B'). Here, two clauses, legatum ... fungi and actorem ... esse, are connected by et and governed by prohibet.
5.1.27.practorem — The accusative singular of actor (plaintiff, claimant). In this context, it refers to the party requesting the possession of hereditary property (such as the legatees or creditors mentioned in the preceding fragment 26 who are put into possession if no security is given).

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