Justinian I ―― The Digest of Justinian
§1.20.1.pr
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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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This section explains that adoption can be performed before a iuridicus because the power of legal action (legis actio) has been granted to him.
[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo sexto ad Sabinum.]
[ULPIAN, On Sabinus, book 26.]
§1.20.1.pr
Adoptare quis apud iuridicum potest, quia data est ei legis actio.1
Anyone can adopt before a iuridicus, because the power of legal action has been granted to him.
Syntax notes1 item
- 1.20.1.prdata est ei legis actio
The pronoun "ei" (to him) refers to the "iuridicus" (judicial officer) rather than the subject "quis". Adoption required the authority to oversee formal legal procedures (legis actio) associated with fictive litigation (in iure cessio), which was specifically granted to these judicial officers.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.20.1.pr