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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.2.18.pr

Imperial Constitution Confirming the Distinction in Undue Wills

Passage 982 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus mentions that there exists a constitution of the joint emperors (the two brothers) which recognizes the aforementioned distinction.

[IDEM libro singulari de inofficioso testamento. ] §5.2.18.prDe qua re etiam constitutio exstat duorum fratrum, quae huiusmodi distinctionem admittit.
[THE SAME AUTHOR in his Single Book on Inofficious Testaments.] On this matter there also exists a constitution of the two brothers, which admits a distinction of this kind.

Notes

  1. 5.2.18.prDe qua re — A connecting relative at the beginning of the sentence, referring to the distinction discussed in the preceding fragment (5.2.17.1) between whether a judgment of invalidity was rendered through normal proceedings or because of the defendant's default, and the differing effects thereof.
  2. 5.2.18.prduorum fratrum — The phrase "of the two brothers" is a conventional expression in Roman legal texts referring to the joint emperors (typically Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, or Septimius Severus and Caracalla).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.2.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.2.18.pr

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