Corpus iurisprudentiae Romanae

Repertorium zu den Quellen des römischen Rechts

Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. XXXVII2,
Si tabulae testamenti extabunt
Liber trigesimus septimus
II.

Si tabulae testamenti extabunt

(Concerning Prætorian Possession Where There is a Will.)

1Pau­lus li­bro ter­tio ad Sa­binum. He­redi, cu­ius no­men in­con­sul­to ita de­le­tum sit, ut pe­ni­tus le­gi non pos­sit, da­ri bo­no­rum pos­ses­sio mi­ni­me pot­est, quia ex con­iec­tu­ra non pro­prie scrip­tus vi­de­re­tur, quam­vis, si post pro­la­tas ta­bu­las de­le­tum sit tes­ta­men­tum, bo­no­rum pos­ses­sio com­pe­tat. nam et si mor­tis tem­po­re ta­bu­lae fue­rint, li­cet post­ea in­ter­ie­rint, com­pe­tet bo­no­rum pos­ses­sio, quia ve­rum fuit ta­bu­las ex­sta­re.

1Paulus, On Sabinus, Book III. Prætorian possession of property can, under no circumstances, be granted to an heir whose name has been erased from the will so that it can hardly be read, even though this has been done unintentionally; because the presumption is that it was not properly inserted, although such possession may be granted if the name has been defaced after the will has been produced. For if the will was in existence at the time of death, even though it may have been subsequently destroyed, prætorian possession of the estate can be granted, because it is true that there once was a will.