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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.20.pr

Inapplicability of Terms on Contracts to Testamentary Rights

Passage 8834 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that the terms 'they contracted' and 'they managed' do not apply to the right of making a will.

[IDEM libro duodecimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.20.prUerba 'contraxerunt' 'gesserunt' non pertinent ad testandi ius.
[THE SAME, in the twelfth book on the Edict.] The words 'they contracted' and 'they managed' do not pertain to the right of making a will.

Notes

  1. §50.16.20.prIDEM — Refers to the author of the preceding fragment (D. 50.16.19), Ulpian.
  2. §50.16.20.prcontraxerunt' 'gesserunt — These are the third-person plural perfect active indicative forms of the verbs contrahere and gerere respectively, functioning here as nominal citations in apposition with the plural noun uerba.
  3. §50.16.20.prtestandi ius — testandi is the genitive of the gerund of the deponent verb testor (to make a will), modifying ius (right) to mean 'the right of making a will'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.20.pr

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