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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.117.pr

The Praetor Treating the Possessor of Goods as an Heir

Passage 9177 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the rule that the praetor treats the possessor of goods (bonorum possessor) in the place of an heir in all cases.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §50.17.117.prPraetor bonorum possessorem heredis loco in omni causa habet.
[Paulus, in the eleventh book on the edict.] The praetor regards the possessor of goods in the place of an heir in every case.

Notes

  1. §50.17.117.prheredis loco ... habet — The verb habere (to hold, treat) takes the accusative (bonorum possessorem) and the ablative loco with the genitive heredis, meaning 'to treat someone in the place of (or as) an heir'. Loco is used here without the preposition in.
  2. §50.17.117.prin omni causa — The noun causa can be interpreted either broadly as 'case, situation' or in a technical legal sense as 'lawsuit, cause'. In either case, it signifies that in the legal practice under the praetor's edict, the rights and duties of an heir are fully applied to the possessor of goods.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.117.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.117.pr

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