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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.5.24.pr

Principle of Illegitimate Child Following Mother's Status

Passage 88 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the principle under the law of nature that a child born out of lawful wedlock follows the condition of the mother, unless a special law provides otherwise.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo septimo ad Sabinum. ] §1.5.24.prLex naturae haec est, ut qui nascitur sine legitimo matrimonio matrem sequatur, nisi lex specialis aliud inducit.
[ULPIANUS, in the twenty-seventh book on Sabinus.] The law of nature is this, that he who is born out of lawful wedlock follows the condition of his mother, unless a special law introduces something else.

Notes

  1. §1.5.24.prut ... sequatur — A noun clause (appositive clause) explaining the content of the demonstrative pronoun haec, taking the form of ut with the subjunctive present (sequatur).
  2. §1.5.24.prmatrem sequatur — 'To follow the mother' refers to the general principle of Roman law (ius gentium or lex naturae) that the legal status (such as freedom, slavery, or citizenship) of a child born out of lawful wedlock is determined by the legal status of the mother at the time of birth.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.5.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.5.24.pr

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