Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Testament

    object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages

    also in the atlas: Testament the idea

    Will · Wills · testament · testamentum · will

    in the texts

    Institutes of Roman LawClassical · English

    The testator's will, whose validity depends on the valid institution of an heir under strict law.

    alioquin inutile est testamentum in quo nemo recto iure heres instituitur.
    de fideicommissariis hereditatibvs 1
    The rules requiring that bequests should follow the institution of the heir, and should be limited to take effect in the lifetime of the heir, and prohibiting penal bequests, were abolished by Justinian, as may be seen by comparing the corresponding passages in his Institutes.
    de poenae cavsa relictis legatis 2

    Ancient Law19th Century · English

    The legal instrument of testamentary disposition, whose ancient Roman and later feudal/modern functions are contrasted.

    on the death of a citizen, having no will or no valid will, his Unemancipated children became his Heirs.
    chapter 11
    It is remarkable that a Will never seems to have been regarded by the Romans as a means of disinheriting a Family, or of effecting the unequal distribution of a patrimony.
    chapter 11
    I regard, therefore, the Roman horror of Intestacy as a monument of a very early conflict between ancient law and slowly changing ancient sentiment on the subject of the Family.
    chapter 11