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. XXXVIII12,
De veteranorum et militum successione
Liber trigesimus octavus
XII.

De veteranorum et militum successione

(Concerning the Succession of Veterans and Soldiers.)

1Ma­cer li­bro se­cun­do de re mi­li­ta­ri. Mi­li­ti, qui ca­pi­te pu­ni­ri me­ruit, tes­ta­men­tum fa­ce­re con­ce­den­dum Pau­lus et Me­nan­der scri­bunt eius­que bo­na in­tes­ta­ti, si pu­ni­tus sit, ad co­gna­tos eius per­ti­ne­re, si ta­men ex mi­li­ta­ri de­lic­to, non ex com­mu­ni pu­ni­tus est.

1Macer, On Military Affairs, Book II. Paulus and Menander say that a soldier who deserves to suffer the punishment of death should be permitted to make a will; and if he should die intestate, after having been punished, his property will belong to his next of kin; provided he is punished for a military offence, and not for an ordinary crime.

2Pa­pi­nia­nus li­bro sex­to de­ci­mo re­spon­so­rum. Bo­na mi­li­tis in­tes­ta­ti de­func­ti cas­tren­sia fis­co non vin­di­can­tur, cum he­res le­gi­ti­mus ad fi­nem quin­ti gra­dus ex­sti­tit aut pro­xi­mus co­gna­tus eius­dem gra­dus in­tra tem­pus pos­ses­sio­nem ac­ce­pe­rit.

2Ulpianus, Opinions, Book XVI. The castrensian property of a soldier who died intestate cannot be claimed by the Treasury, if he left a lawful heir, who is within the sixth degree; or one next of kin in the same degree demands prætorian possession within the prescribed time.