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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.7.7.pr

Consent of New Agnates Not Required for Adoption

Passage 109 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Celsus explains that when an adoption takes place, the consent of those who will become agnates to the adopted person is not required for the transaction.

[CELSUS libro trigensimo nono digestorum. ] §1.7.7.prCum adoptio fit, non est necessaria in eam rem auctoritas eorum, inter quos iura adgnationis consequuntur.
[CELSUS in the thirty-ninth book of the Digests.] When an adoption takes place, the authority of those between whom the rights of agnation ensue is not necessary for that matter.

Notes

  1. §1.7.7.printer quos iura adgnationis consequuntur — The antecedent of the relative pronoun quos is eorum. The verb consequuntur is the third-person plural present indicative of the deponent verb consequor ('to ensue', 'to result'), with iura adgnationis as its subject. This refers to the other members of the family between whom and the adoptee the rights of agnation (adgnatio) are established as a consequence of the adoption.
  2. §1.7.7.prauctoritas — Here, auctoritas refers to the legal 'consent', 'approval', or 'authority' required to validate and give effect to a private law transaction (the adoption).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.7.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.7.pr

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