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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.4.6.pr

Prohibition of Summoning Natural Parents to Court

Passage 270 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal principle that no one can summon their natural parents to court, as an equal and uniform respect must be shown to all parents.

[IDEM libro primo sententiarum. ] §2.4.6.prParentes naturales in ius uocare nemo potest: una est enim omnibus parentibus seruanda reuerentia.
[THE SAME, in the first book of Opinions.] No one can summon natural parents to court; for one and the same respect is to be observed towards all parents.

Notes

  1. §2.4.6.promnibus parentibus — Although the presence of the gerundive seruanda ('to be observed') might suggest a dative of agent ('by all parents'), in this context it is interpreted as a dative of reference or object ('towards all parents'), as the respect (reuerentia) is due to the parents from their children.
  2. §2.4.6.pruna — A feminine nominative singular adjective agreeing with the subject reuerentia. It means 'one and the same' or 'uniform', indicating that an identical standard of respect must be shown to all parents.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.4.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.4.6.pr

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