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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.65.pr

Scope and Application of the Term Heir

Passage 8879 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that the legal term 'heir' applies not only to the immediate heir but also extends to more remote successors, including the heir of an heir and so forth.

[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §50.16.65.pr'Heredis' appellatio non solum ad proximum heredem, sed et ad ulteriores refertur: nam et heredis heres et deinceps heredis appellatione continetur.
[ULPIANUS on the Edict, book 72.]\n\nThe term 'heir' refers not only to the immediate heir, but also to more remote ones: for both the heir of an heir and successively those who follow are included under the term 'heir'.

Notes

  1. §50.16.65.prHeredis — In the phrase 'Heredis' appellatio, the genitive heredis functions as an appositive or defining genitive, qualifying appellatio.
  2. §50.16.65.prulteriores — The masculine accusative plural of the comparative adjective ultra, with the noun heredes implied, referring to 'more remote' heirs.
  3. §50.16.65.prnam et heredis heres et deinceps — The first et functions adverbially ('also/even') to emphasize heredis heres, while the second et acts as a conjunction connecting with deinceps, meaning 'both the heir of an heir and successively [the next ones]'.

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