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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.30.pr

Adoption of Sons by Unmarried Men Without Wives

Passage 132 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A provision stating that men who do not have wives (unmarried men) are also permitted to adopt sons.

[PAULUS libro primo regularum. ] §1.7.30.prEt qui uxores non habent filios adoptare possunt.
[PAULUS, Rules, book 1.] Those also who do not have wives can adopt sons.

Notes

  1. §1.7.30.prEt qui uxores non habent — The word 'et' does not function here as a coordinating conjunction ('and') at the beginning of the sentence, but as an adverb meaning 'also' or 'even', modifying the relative clause (or its omitted antecedent, such as 'ei').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.7.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.30.pr

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