Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.2.23.pr

Marriage of Freeborn Persons to Freedwomen under Papian Law

Passage 3329 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explanation of the provision under the Papian Law that permits all freeborn persons, with the exception of senators and their children, to marry freedwomen.

[IDEM libro trigensimo digestorum. ] §23.2.23.prLege Papia cauetur omnibus ingenuis praeter senatores eorumque liberos libertinam uxorem habere licere.

[THE SAME in his thirtieth book of the Digests.] By the Papian Law it is provided that all freeborn persons, except senators and their children, are permitted to have a freedwoman as a wife.

Notes

§23.2.23.prcauetur ... licere — The passive verb cauetur (it is provided) takes the accusative and infinitive clause with licere as its subject or content. Within this clause, the impersonal infinitive licere (to be permitted) takes the dative omnibus ingenuis as its logical subject, while the infinitive habere (to have) serves as the subject of licere.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.2.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.2.23.pr

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