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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.3.9.pr

Defendants in a Petition for an Inheritance

Passage 1005 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section defines the general rule that only those who possess either a right as an heir or possessor, or the inheritance property itself, are subject to a petition for inheritance.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum. ] §5.3.9.prRegulariter definiendum est eum demum teneri petitione hereditatis, qui uel ius pro herede uel pro possessore possidet uel rem hereditariam
[ULPIANUS, in the fifteenth book on the Edict.] As a rule, it should be defined that only he is liable to the petition for inheritance, who possesses either a right as heir or as possessor, or an inheritance property.

Notes

  1. §5.3.9.prteneri — Present passive infinitive of teneo (to bind, hold liable), forming an accusative-with-infinitive (Aci) construction with the accusative eum as its subject. In legal contexts, it means 'to be held liable' or 'to be sued' in an action.
  2. §5.3.9.prius pro herede uel pro possessore possidet — The objects of possidet (possesses) are ius (right) and rem hereditariam (inheritance property). The phrases pro herede (as heir) and pro possessore (as possessor) indicate the legal capacity or title under which the possession is held.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.3.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.3.9.pr

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