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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.1.17.pr

Extraordinary Relief for a Son Lending Travel Money

Passage 1872 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section records Scaevola's opinion that a son under paternal power who lent his travel allowance while studying in Rome should be granted relief through an extraordinary procedure.

[ULPIANUS libro primo disputationum. ] §12.1.17.prCum filius familias uiaticum suum mutuum dederit, cum studiorum causa Romae ageret, responsum est a Scaeuola extraordinario iudicio esse illi subueniendum.
[ULPIANUS, Disputations, Book 1] When a son under paternal power had lent his travel allowance while he was staying in Rome for the sake of his studies, it was answered by Scaevola that he should be assisted by an extraordinary procedure.

Notes

  1. §12.1.17.presse illi subueniendum — Since the verb `subuenire` (to assist) is an intransitive verb governing the dative, its gerundive is used here impersonally in the passive periphrastic conjugation within the Accusative-with-Infinitive (ACI) construction. `illi` is the dative singular pronoun referring to the `filius familias`, indicating the recipient of the assistance.
  2. §12.1.17.pruiaticum suum — While `uiaticum` literally means "travel money" or "journey money," in this context it refers to the maintenance or living funds of a student staying in Rome.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.1.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.1.17.pr

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