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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.4.2.pr

Claims by Co-Heirs and the Effect of Non-Acceptance

Passage 1058 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the limitation of the inheritance share that can be claimed when only some of the co-heirs have accepted, and the subsequent claim of those shares if the others decline.

[GAIUS libro sexto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §5.4.2.prSi ex pluribus, ad quos eadem hereditas pertinet, quidam adierint, quidam adhuc deliberent: eos qui adierint, si petant hereditatem, non maiorem partem petere debere, quam habituri essent ceteris adeuntibus: nec eis proderit, si ceteri non adierint.
[GAIUS libro sexto ad edictum prouinciale.] If, out of several persons to whom the same inheritance belongs, some have accepted it, and some are still deliberating: those who have accepted, if they claim the inheritance, ought not to claim a larger share than they would have had if the others accepted; nor will it benefit them if the others do not accept.
non adeuntibus autem ceteris poterunt tunc partes eorum petere, si modo ad eos pertinerent.
But if the others do not accept, they will then be able to claim their shares, provided that those shares belong to them.

Notes

  1. §5.4.2.prceteris adeuntibus — Ablative absolute expressing a condition ("if the others should accept").
  2. §5.4.2.preos... debere — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction serving as the main clause after the conditional clause starting with "si ex pluribus...", expressing a general legal rule.
  3. §5.4.2.prsi modo ad eos pertinerent — The conjunction "si modo" introduces a restrictive condition ("provided that", "if only"). The imperfect subjunctive "pertinerent" suggests a potential or conditional restriction regarding whether those shares actually accrue to them (e.g., by right of accrual).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.4.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.4.2.pr

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