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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §9.2.14.pr

The Legatee's Action for a Bequeathed Slave Killed by the Heir

Passage 1530 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that if the heir himself kills the bequeathed slave, an action must be granted to the legatee against that heir.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §9.2.14.prSed si ipse heres eum occiderit, dictum est dandam in eum legatario actionem.
[PAUL, from the twenty-second book on the Edict.] But if the heir himself kills him, it has been said that an action is to be granted to the legatee against him.

Notes

  1. §9.2.14.prdandam in eum legatario actionem — This is an accusative-with-infinitive clause serving as the subject of the impersonal `dictum est` (it has been said), with the copula `esse` omitted after the gerundive `dandam`. `in eum` refers to the heir (`ipse heres`) who committed the killing, and `legatario` (to the legatee) is a dative indicating the recipient of the action.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §9.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:9.2.14.pr

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