De legatis positiones

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IX.
Clearly, one cannot bequeath to an heir from himself, and for the portion for which he is an heir.

X.
Just as one cannot bequeath to the slave of an heir except under a condition: because no one can be an heir and a legatee at the same time.

XI.
But it is also established that one cannot bequeath to an uncertain person: unless they will be certain by some event or the passage of time.

XII.
From certain persons, however, a legacy to an uncertain person is valid.

XIII.
And whether it is bequeathed to someone by name, or by a demonstration of office, or relationship, or body, it makes no difference.

XIV.
For the demonstration mostly functions in place of a name: and it does not matter whether it is false or true, provided that it is certain whom the testator intended.

XV.
Just as neither an error in names nor an added false cause harms a legacy.

XVI.
It is different if the legacy is made under a mode or a condition: if either of these fails, the legacy is vitiated.

XVII.
Furthermore, as often as one and the same thing is left to several people in one and the same will, it matters greatly how they are joined in the legacy, whether by thing and words at the same time, or only by words, or only by the thing.