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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.32.pr

Inability of a Ward to Remit an Oath

Passage 1929 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that a ward (pupillus) does not have the authority to remit or dispense with an oath.

[MODESTINUS libro …… differentiarum. ] §12.2.32.prIurisiurandi gratiam facere pupillus non potest.
[MODESTINUS, Book... on Differences.] A ward cannot remit an oath.

Notes

  1. §12.2.32.prIurisiurandi gratiam facere — The expression gratiam facere with a genitive is a legal idiom meaning 'to excuse' or 'to remit' something. Here with iurisiurandi, it means 'to dispense with an oath' or release the other party from the necessity of swearing.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.32.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.32.pr

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