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§9.2.56.pr

Action Under the Lex Aquilia Against a Wife Damaging Her Husband's Property

It states that if a wife causes damage to her husband's property, she is sued under the Lex Aquilia.

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[IDEM libro secundo sententiarum.]

[THE SAME, in the second book of Opinions.]

§9.2.56.pr

​Mulier si in rem uiri1 damnum dederit, pro tenore2 legis Aquiliae conuenitur.3

​If a wife causes damage to her husband’s property, she is sued according to the tenor of the Lex Aquilia.

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 9.2.56.prin rem uiri

    The preposition in with the accusative rem indicates the object to which the damage (damnum) is done, meaning "to the husband's property."

  2. 9.2.56.prpro tenore

    Composed of the preposition pro ("according to") and the ablative of tenor, which in legal contexts refers to the "tenor," "substance," or "purview" of a law. It means "according to the tenor of the Lex Aquilia."

  3. 9.2.56.prconuenitur

    Rather than the intransitive meaning "to assemble," this is the third-person singular present passive of the transitive conuenire ("to sue," "to summon"), used in a technical legal sense meaning "she is sued" or "summoned to court as a defendant."

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:9.2.56.pr