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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.119.pr

Scope of Inheritance and Inclusion of Insolvent Estates

Passage 8933 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the legal term 'inheritance' also includes an inheritance that entails a loss, just like the possession of goods.

[IDEM libro tertio ad Quintum Mucium. ] §50.16.119.pr'Hereditatis' appellatio sine dubio continet etiam damnosam hereditatem: iuris enim nomen est sicuti bonorum possessio.
[THE SAME, in the third book on Quintus Mucius.] The term 'inheritance' undoubtedly includes even an inheritance that entails loss; for it is a legal designation, just like the possession of goods.

Notes

  1. §50.16.119.pr'Hereditatis' appellatio — Hereditatis (genitive singular of hereditas) is a genitive of definition (genitivus definitivus) modifying appellatio, meaning "the term 'inheritance'".
  2. §50.16.119.priuris enim nomen est — iuris (genitive singular of ius) is a genitive of relation modifying nomen, indicating that it is a "legal designation" or "legal concept". The subject of est is the aforementioned hereditas (or its appellatio).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.119.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.119.pr

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