← Justinian I

The Digest of Justinian

§5.1.77.pr

Fathers and Sons Serving as Judges in Private Suits

This section states that in private legal matters, a father can have his son, or a son his father, act as a judge.

View ▾
View
Translation
Typeface
AI ↗
← PrevNext →

[AFRICANUS libro tertio quaestionum.]

[AFRICANUS, in the Third Book of Questions.]

§5.1.77.pr

​In priuatis negotiis pater filium uel filius patrem iudicem habere1 potest:

​In private matters, a father can have his son, or a son his father, as a judge.

Syntax notes1 item
  1. 5.1.77.priudicem habere

    A double accusative structure where the verb habere takes an accusative object (filium or patrem) along with a predicative accusative (iudicem) as its complement, meaning "to have someone as a judge."

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:5.1.77.pr