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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.32.pr-1.7.32.1

Emancipation Claims by Pubescent Adoptees and Adoption by Guardians

Passage 134 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus discusses the legal procedure for a person adopted before puberty who wishes to be emancipated upon reaching puberty, and mentions an imperial rescript permitting a guardian to adopt his stepson.

[PAPINIANUS libro trigensimo primo quaestionum. ] §1.7.32.prNonnumquam autem impubes qui adoptatus est audiendus erit, si pubes factus emancipari desideret, idque causa cognita per iudicem statuendum erit.
[PAPINIANUS, Questions, book 31.] Sometimes, however, a person who was adopted while under puberty must be heard, if on reaching puberty he desires to be emancipated, and this matter must be decided by a judge after an inquiry into the case.
§1.7.32.1Imperator Titus Antoninus rescripsit priuignum suum tutori adoptare permittendum.
The Emperor Titus Antoninus replied by rescript that a guardian should be permitted to adopt his own stepson.

Notes

  1. §1.7.32.praudiendus erit — The subject is impubes (one under puberty) with its relative clause, and audiendus erit is a passive periphrastic conjugation with the gerundive, expressing necessity or duty ("must be heard" or "should be given a hearing").
  2. §1.7.32.prcausa cognita — An ablative absolute consisting of the noun causa and the participle cognita, meaning "the case having been examined" or "after a formal inquiry into the circumstances" by the judge.
  3. §1.7.32.1priuignum suum tutori adoptare permittendum — An accusative with infinitive clause introduced by rescripsit. The gerundive permittendum [esse] is used as the predicate, with the infinitive clause adoptare priuignum suum serving as its subject, and tutori as the dative of agent or reference, meaning "that a guardian should be permitted to adopt his own stepson."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.7.32.pr-1.7.32.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.32.pr-1.7.32.1

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