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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.5.2.pr

Scope of the Possessor's Claim for Inheritance

Passage 1068 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that the possessor of goods obtains the same extent of recovery through the petition for inheritance as a civil heir can obtain through civil actions.

[GAIUS libro sexto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §5.5.2.prPer quam hereditatis petitionem tantundem consequitur bonorum possessor, quantum superioribus ciuilibus actionibus heres consequi potest.
[GAIUS, in the sixth book on the Provincial Edict.] Through this petition for inheritance, the possessor of goods obtains just as much as the heir can obtain by the aforementioned civil actions.

Notes

  1. §5.5.2.prPer quam hereditatis petitionem — The relative pronoun 'quam' at the beginning of the sentence functions as a relative connection (qui linking clauses) and is translated like a demonstrative adjective ('this'). It refers to the petition for inheritance (hereditatis petitio possessoria) granted to the possessor of goods (bonorum possessor) mentioned in the preceding fragment by Ulpian.
  2. §5.5.2.prsuperioribus ciuilibus actionibus — Ablative, functioning either as an ablative of means or reference. 'superioribus' (preceding/aforementioned) refers to the 'civil actions' (ciuiles actiones) mentioned in the immediately preceding text by Ulpian (5.5.1.pr).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §5.5.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.5.2.pr

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