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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.3.16.pr

Declarations of Children by Mothers and Grandfathers

Passage 3234 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that a mother's declaration concerning her children is legally accepted, and that a grandfather's declaration must also be accepted in the same manner.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro tertio ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §22.3.16.prEtiam matris professio filiorum recipitur: sed et aui recipienda est.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, in the third book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] The declaration of children by a mother is also accepted; but that of a grandfather must also be accepted.

Notes

  1. §22.3.16.prfiliorum — An objective genitive dependent on the noun `professio` (declaration), meaning "the declaration of children." It is paired with the subjective genitive `matris` (by a mother).
  2. §22.3.16.praui — The noun `professio` (the subject of the previous clause) is omitted after the genitive singular `aui` (of a grandfather). `sed et` means "but also," indicating that the grandfather's declaration should be treated in the same manner as the mother's.
  3. §22.3.16.prrecipienda est — A passive periphrastic conjugation consisting of the gerundive `recipienda` and the copula `est`, expressing necessity, obligation, or legal propriety ("must be accepted"). It contrasts with the indicative present passive `recipitur` in the preceding clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.3.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.3.16.pr

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