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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.2.66.pr

Division of Non-Returnable Dowry in Partnership Settlement

Passage 2570 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A provision stating that if, when a partnership is divided, it is certain that the dowry or a part of it does not need to be returned, the judge must divide it among the partners.

[GAIUS libro decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §17.2.66.prQuod si eo tempore quo diuiditur societas in ea causa dos sit, ut certum sit eam uel partem eius reddi non oportere, diuidere eam inter socios iudex debet.
[GAIUS in the tenth book on the provincial edict.] But if, at the time when the partnership is divided, the dowry is in such a condition that it is certain that it or a part of it ought not to be returned, the judge ought to divide it among the partners.

Notes

  1. §17.2.66.prin ea causa ... ut — Accompanied by the subsequent ut-clause (consecutive), meaning "to be in such a state or condition that...". Here it refers to a situation where it is legally certain that the dowry does not need to be returned.
  2. §17.2.66.prdiuidere eam — The pronoun eam (accusative feminine singular) refers to the preceding dos (dowry).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.2.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.2.66.pr

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