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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.6.3.pr

Paternal Power over Legitimate Children in Roman Law

Passage 94 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that children born of a lawful marriage are under paternal power, and that this right is unique to Roman citizens.

[GAIUS libro primo institutionum. ] §1.6.3.prItem in potestate nostra sunt liberi nostri, quos ex iustis nuptiis procreauerimus: quod ius proprium ciuium Romanorum est.
[GAIUS in the first book of the Institutes.] Likewise, our children whom we have begotten in lawful wedlock are in our power; which right is peculiar to Roman citizens.

Notes

  1. §1.6.3.prquod ius — The relative pronoun quod is used as a relative adjective modifying ius, referring back to the entire preceding clause (having patria potestas over children begotten in lawful wedlock).
  2. §1.6.3.prprocreauerimus — Perfect subjunctive (or future perfect indicative) used in the relative clause to express a general, hypothetical condition ("the children whom we may have begotten").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.6.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.6.3.pr

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