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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.21.pr

Adrogation of Women by Imperial Rescript

Passage 123 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius states that women can also be adopted by adrogation through an imperial rescript.

[GAIUS libro singulari regularum. ] §1.7.21.prNam et feminae ex rescripto principis ad rogari possunt.
[GAIUS in his single book of Rules.] For women also can be arrogated by an imperial rescript.

Notes

  1. §1.7.21.prad rogari — The words ad rogari (written as one word adrogari in modern editions) is the present passive infinitive of adrogare (to adopt a person sui iuris), serving as the complementary infinitive to possunt. Historically, adrogatio took place before the comitia curiata, which excluded women, but under the Empire, it became possible for women by means of an imperial rescript.
  2. §1.7.21.prex rescripto principis — The preposition ex (according to, by virtue of) governs the ablative rescripto, which is modified by the genitive principis (of the emperor). It functions as an adverbial phrase of legal basis ("by virtue of an imperial rescript").

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