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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.34.pr

Agreements for Temporary Adoption and Absence of Action

Passage 136 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Addressing whether an action lies when a son is adopted on the condition of being readopted by his original father after a certain period, Labeo argues that no action exists, as having a temporary son is contrary to Roman customs.

[PAULUS libro undecimo quaestionum. ] §1.7.34.prQuaesitum est, si tibi filius in adoptionem hac lege sit datus, ut post triennium puta eundem mihi in adoptionem des, an actio ulla sit.
[PAULUS, Questions, book 11.] The question was asked, if a son was given to you in adoption on the condition that, say after three years, you should give the same son back to me in adoption, whether any action lies.
et Labeo putat nullam esse actionem: nec enim moribus nostris conuenit filium temporalem habere.
And Labeo thinks that there is no action; for it does not accord with our customs to have a temporary son.

Notes

  1. §1.7.34.pran actio ulla sit — This is an indirect question clause serving as the logical subject of (or dependent upon) the impersonal passive verb Quaesitum est. The conditional clause si... datus sit establishes the premise for this question.
  2. §1.7.34.prhac lege ... ut ... des — This construction uses the demonstrative hac to point forward to the noun lex (condition), whose specific content is explained appositively by the ut clause with the subjunctive des. The word puta (for instance) is a parenthetical imperative used adverbially.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.7.34.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.34.pr

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