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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.20.1.pr

Adoption Before a Iuridicus and Legis Actio

Passage 227 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

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. ] §1.20.1.prAdoptare quis apud iuridicum potest, quia data est ei legis actio.
[ULPIAN, On Sabinus, book 26.] Anyone can adopt before a iuridicus, because the power of legal action has been granted to him.

Notes

  1. §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.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.20.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.20.1.pr

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