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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.7.18.pr

Funeral Expenses as a Debt Deductible from Dowry

Passage 1822 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the funeral expense is considered a debt to be deducted from the dowry.

[IULIANUS libro decimo digestorum. ] §11.7.18.primpensa enim funeris aes alienum dotis est:
[JULIANUS, Digest, book 10] For the expense of a funeral is a debt on the dowry:

Notes

  1. §11.7.18.praes alienum dotis — The genitive dotis modifying aes alienum (debt) indicates a liability that is inherent to, and thus to be deducted from, the dowry before its restoration.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.7.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.7.18.pr

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