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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.5.12.pr

Legitimacy of a Child Born in the Seventh Month

Passage 76 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that, based on the authority of Hippocrates, a child born in the seventh month from a lawful marriage must be considered a lawful son, as such a birth is recognized as fully developed.

[IDEM libro nono decimo responsorum. ] §1.5.12.prSeptimo mense nasci perfectum partum iam receptum est propter auctoritatem doctissimi uiri Hippocratis: et ideo credendum est eum, qui ex iustis nuptiis septimo mense natus est, iustum filium esse.
[BY THE SAME AUTHOR, in the nineteenth book of Responses] It has already been accepted, on the authority of that most learned man Hippocrates, that birth in the seventh month is a perfect birth; and therefore it must be believed that he who is born in the seventh month from a lawful marriage is a lawful son.

Notes

  1. §1.5.12.prperfectum partum — Together with the subject-infinitive septimo mense nasci and the omitted copula esse, this forms the accusative and infinitive clause perfectum partum [esse], which functions as the subject of the impersonal passive receptum est.
  2. §1.5.12.prcredendum est — An impersonal use of the gerundive expressing necessity or obligation ("it must be believed"). It governs the accusative and infinitive clause eum ... iustum filium esse as its grammatical subject/complement.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.5.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.5.12.pr

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