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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.64.pr

Definition and Scope of Being Intestate

Passage 8878 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus defines 'intestate' as including not only a person who did not make a testament, but also a person whose testament did not result in an accepted inheritance.

[PAULUS libro sexagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.64.pr'Intestatus' est non tantum qui testamentum non fecit, sed etiam cuius ex testamento hereditas adita non est.
[PAULUS on the Edict, book 67.] An 'intestate' is not only one who has not made a testament, but also one whose inheritance under the testament has not been accepted.

Notes

  1. §50.16.64.prcuius — The relative pronoun cuius (genitive singular) has as its antecedent is, which is omitted after sed etiam. It functions as a possessive genitive modifying testamento, meaning 'whose testament'.
  2. §50.16.64.prhereditas adita non est — A passive construction of the Roman legal idiom hereditatem adire (to enter upon or accept an inheritance). It refers to a situation where a testament exists but the inheritance was not accepted by any heir (due to rejection, death of the heir, etc.).

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