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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.1.4.pr-23.1.4.1

Sufficiency of Consent and Betrothal between Absent Parties

Passage 3292 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stated that a bare consent is sufficient to contract a betrothal, and that a betrothal can be contracted even between absent parties.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quinto ad Sabinum. ] §23.1.4.prSufficit nudus consensus ad constituenda sponsalia.
[ULPIANUS, in the thirty-fifth book on Sabinus.] A bare consent is sufficient for contracting a betrothal.
§23.1.4.1Denique constat et absenti absentem desponderi posse, et hoc cottidie fieri:
Consequently, it is established both that an absent person can be betrothed to an absent person, and that this daily takes place:

Notes

  1. §23.1.4.prad constituenda sponsalia — This is an accusative gerundive construction with the preposition ad, expressing purpose ("for contracting a betrothal"). constituenda agrees in gender, number, and case with sponsalia (neuter plural accusative).
  2. §23.1.4.1constat — The impersonal verb constat ("it is established") takes two accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) clauses coordinated by et ... et ... as its subjects: absenti absentem desponderi posse and hoc cottidie fieri.
  3. §23.1.4.1absenti absentem desponderi — desponderi is the present passive infinitive of despondere ("to betroth"). absentem is the subject accusative of this infinitive clause, while absenti is the dative ("to/for an absent person"). It means "that an absent person can be betrothed to an absent person."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.1.4.pr-23.1.4.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.1.4.pr-23.1.4.1

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