Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.15.10.pr

Father's Compromise on Emancipated Child's Property

Passage 439 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal principle that a compromise made by a father regarding the property of children who are not under his paternal power does not prejudice those children.

[IDEM libro primo responsorum. ] §2.15.10.prDe re filiorum, quos in potestate non habuit, transigentem patrem minime eis obesse placet.
[THE SAME in the first book of Responses.] It is held that a father who compromises concerning the property of children whom he did not have under his power does not in the least prejudice them.

Notes

  1. §2.15.10.prtransigentem patrem minime eis obesse placet — The impersonal verb `placet` (it is held/approved) governs an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction, where `patrem` is the subject accusative and `obesse` is the infinitive. `transigentem` is a present participle modifying `patrem`, taking the prepositional phrase `de re...`. `eis` is a dative object governed by `obesse` and refers back to `filiorum` (the children).

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.15.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.15.10.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.