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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.170.pr

Inclusion of All Successors Under the Term Heir

Passage 8984 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage states that the legal term 'heir' must be understood to encompass all successors, even if not explicitly expressed in words.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §50.16.170.pr'Heredis' appellatione omnes significari successores credendum est, etsi uerbis non sint expressi.
[ULPIAN, in the thirty-third book on Sabinus.] Under the designation of 'heir', it must be believed that all successors are meant, even if they have not been expressly mentioned in words.

Notes

  1. §50.16.170.prcredendum est — An impersonal gerundive construction expressing necessity, taking an accusative and infinitive construction as its subject/object (accusative: omnes successores, infinitive: significari).
  2. §50.16.170.pretsi uerbis non sint expressi — A concessive clause employing the subjunctive perfect passive sint expressi, whose grammatical subject is successores, corresponding to the subject of the preceding accusative and infinitive clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.170.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.170.pr

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