[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §23.1.9.prQuaesitum est apud Iulianum, an sponsalia sint, ante duodecimum annum si fuerint nuptiae collatae.
[ULPIAN, in the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.] It was questioned in the works of Julian, whether there is a betrothal, if a marriage has been contracted before the twelfth year.
et semper Labeonis sententiam probaui existimantis, si quidem praecesserint sponsalia, durare ea, quamuis in domo loco nuptae esse coeperit: si uero non praecesserint, hoc ipso quod in domum deducta est non uideri sponsalia facta.
And I have always approved the opinion of Labeo, who thinks that, if indeed a betrothal preceded, it remains in force, even though she has begun to be in the house in the position of a wife; but if it did not precede, by the very fact that she was escorted to the house, a betrothal is not deemed to have been contracted.
quam sententiam Papinianus quoque probat.
Papinian also approves this opinion.