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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.3.1.pr

Burden of Proof Regarding Family Lineage and Gens

Passage 3219 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that whenever a question arises as to whether someone has a family lineage or a gens, that person must bear the burden of proof.

[PAPINIANUS libro tertio quaestionum. ] §22.3.1.prQuotiens quaereretur, genus uel gentem quis haberet nec ne, eum probare oportet.
[PAPINIANUS, in the third book of Questions.] Whenever it is questioned whether someone has a family or a gens or not, he must prove it.

Notes

  1. §22.3.1.preum probare oportet — The impersonal verb `oportet` governs an accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction, in which the accusative demonstrative pronoun `eum` functions as the subject of the infinitive `probare`. This `eum` refers back to `quis` (someone), the subject of the preceding indirect question.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.3.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.3.1.pr

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