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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.24.pr

Presence and Consent Required for Arrogation

Passage 126 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that arrogation cannot take place if the person to be arrogated is either absent or does not consent.

[ULPIANUS libro primo disputationum. ] §1.7.24.prNeque absens neque dissentiens adrogari potest.
[ULPIAN, on Disputations, book 1.] Neither an absent person nor one who does not consent can be arrogated.

Notes

  1. §1.7.24.pradrogari — The present passive infinitive of `adrogare` (to arrogate). In Roman law, while `adoptio` refers to the adoption of a person under paternal power (alieni iuris), `adrogatio` refers to the adoption of an independent person (sui iuris) who thereby falls under another's paternal power. It functions as a complementary infinitive dependent on the main verb `potest`.
  2. §1.7.24.prabsens neque dissentiens — The nominative singular masculine forms of the present participles `absens` (absent) and `dissentiens` (dissenting), used substantively. They function as the grammatical subjects of the main verb `potest` and the logical subjects of the passive infinitive `adrogari`.

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