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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.165.pr

Inheritance Regarded Only After Deducting Debts

Passage 8979 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal principle that nothing is considered to have come to the heir unless outstanding debts have first been deducted.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §50.16.165.prUenisse ad heredem nihil intellegitur nisi deducto aere alieno.
[POMPONIUS, in the fifth book on Sabinus.] Nothing is understood to have come to the heir unless debt has been deducted.

Notes

  1. §50.16.165.prUenisse ad heredem nihil intellegitur — A nominative with infinitive construction. Instead of an impersonal passive construction ('it is understood that...'), the pronoun 'nihil' serves as the subject of the main passive verb 'intellegitur' and also functions as the subject of the infinitive 'uenisse'. Literally, 'Nothing is understood to have come [to the heir]'.
  2. §50.16.165.prdeducto aere alieno — An ablative absolute construction. It consists of 'aere alieno', the ablative of 'aes alienum' (debt), and 'deducto', the perfect passive participle of 'deduco' (to deduct). In combination with the conjunction 'nisi' (unless, except), it functions as a conditional clause meaning 'unless debt has been deducted'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.165.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.165.pr

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