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Los pacta de non succedendo son actos jurídicos bilaterales en virtud de los cuales el futuro heredero renuncia total, o parcialmente, con carácter previo a la sucesión intestada. Fueron regulados de forma diversa en las distintas etapas del Derecho romano, influenciados por las costumbres de las provincias orientales del Imperio. Entre estos, destacan los realizados por la mujer casada y dotada que renunciaba mediante pacto a la herencia paterna. Este pacto se consideraba inválido por el Derecho romano, aun admitido socialmente, de manera que la mujer podía reclamar la herencia de su padre fallecido intestado, si bien debía colacionar los bienes recibidos a título de dote. Justiniano sancionó esta norma y la extendió a las hijas obligadas a profesar para conservar el patrimonio de los varones.
The pacta de non succedendo are bilateral legal acts by which a future heir renounces, either wholly or partially, their right to intestate succession in advance. They were regulated differently throughout the various stages of Roman law, influenced by the customs of the eastern provinces of the Empire. Among these agreements, a notable example is that of a married and dowered woman who, through a pact, renounced her paternal inheritance. Although socially accepted, Roman law deemed this pact invalid, allowing the woman to claim her deceased father’s intestate inheritance. However, she was required to collate the assets received as a dowry. Justinian reinforced this rule and extended it to daughters compelled to take religious vows, aiming to preserve the patrimony of male heirs.