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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.13.pr

Loss of Adoptive Status upon Cessation of Paternal Power

Passage 115 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus explains that when the power of an adoptive father ends, no trace of the former relationship remains, and even the social status acquired through adoption is lost.

[PAPINIANUS libro trigensimo sexto quaestionum. ] §1.7.13.prIn omni fere iure finita patris adoptiui potestate nullum ex pristino retinetur uestigium: denique et patria dignitas quaesita per adoptionem finita ea deponitur.
[PAPINIANUS in the thirty-sixth book of Questions.] In almost every branch of law, when the power of the adoptive father is ended, no trace of the former status is retained; and so, even the paternal status acquired through adoption is laid down when that power is ended.

Notes

  1. §1.7.13.prfinita patris adoptiui potestate — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect passive participle finita (from finio, feminine ablative singular) and the noun potestate (from potestas, ablative singular), expressing time or condition ("when/if the power of the adoptive father is ended").
  2. §1.7.13.prpristino — The neuter ablative singular of the adjective pristinus, -a, -um ("former", "original"), used substantively to mean "the former state" or "the previous relationship". It functions as the object of the preposition ex ("from").
  3. §1.7.13.prfinita ea — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the participle finita and the demonstrative pronoun ea (feminine ablative singular of is). The pronoun ea refers back to the preceding feminine noun adoptionem ("adoption") or contextually to potestate ("power"), meaning "when it (the adoption / the power) is ended".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.7.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.13.pr

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