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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.130.pr

Testamentary Inheritance Derived from the Law

Passage 8944 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian argues that even testamentary inheritance can be said to come by operation of law, since such inheritances are confirmed by the Law of the Twelve Tables.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §50.16.130.prLege obuenire hereditatem non inproprie quis dixerit et eam, quae ex testamento defertur, quia lege duodecim tabularum testamentariae hereditates confirmantur.
[ULPIANUS, from the second book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] One might not improperly say that an inheritance which is conferred by a will also comes by operation of law, because testamentary inheritances are confirmed by the Law of the Twelve Tables.

Notes

  1. §50.16.130.prquis dixerit — Perfect active subjunctive, third-person singular, functioning as a potential subjunctive ('someone might say' or 'one might well say').
  2. §50.16.130.prlege obuenire hereditatem non inproprie quis dixerit et eam, quae ex testamento defertur — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction dependent on 'dixerit'. 'hereditatem' and 'eam' (referring back to 'hereditatem') are both subject accusatives of the infinitive 'obuenire'. This structure highlights that even a testamentary inheritance (eam, quae ex testamento defertur) is ultimately derived by operation of law (lege).

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