An Endowment for the Redemption of Captives in Roman Postclassical Law
Abstract
The captives couldn't be instituted heirs in Roman classical law. The rule against institution of incertae personae was broken for them by Justinian; an institution of captives was to be valid and construed as a gift to some other persons who were to take the inheritance and receive the position and name of heirs (but not the Falcidian quarter). Testator could nominate his own representatives to administer the property for the ransom of captives or leave the administration in the hands of bishops or oeconomi. These persons appear not as executors but as owners of property; such a property wasn't recognised in Roman law as a juristic person.
The bishops were forbidden to alienate the sacred vessels and vestments except to ransom prisoners of war.
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