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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.6.11.pr

Prohibition of Returning Sons to Paternal Power Involuntarily

Passage 102 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus states that natural or emancipated sons cannot be brought back under paternal power against their will.

[MODESTINUS libro primo pandectarum. ] §1.6.11.prInuiti filii naturales uel emancipati non rediguntur in patriam potestatem.
[MODESTINUS in the first book of the Pandects.] Against their will, natural or emancipated sons are not brought back under paternal power.

Notes

  1. §1.6.11.prInuiti — Nominative plural of the adjective invitus, functioning predicatively (adverbially) in agreement with the subject filii, meaning 'against their will' or 'unwillingly'.
  2. §1.6.11.prfilii naturales — In classical Roman law, this term refers to 'natural sons' (biological children) in contrast to adopted sons (filii adoptivi). Although it came to mean 'illegitimate children' in later law, here it denotes biological sons who are not currently under paternal power.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.6.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.6.11.pr

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