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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.2.31.pr

Marriage of a Senator and Freedwoman by Imperial Pardon

Passage 3337 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that if a senator receives a special imperial indulgence, a freedwoman can be recognized as his lawful wife.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §23.2.31.prSi senatori indulgentia principis fuerit permissum libertinam iustam uxorem habere, potest iusta uxor esse.
[ULPIANUS in the sixth book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] If a senator has been permitted by the indulgence of the emperor to have a freedwoman as his lawful wife, she can be a lawful wife.

Notes

  1. §23.2.31.prfuerit permissum — This is an impersonal passive verb in the future perfect tense, taking the following infinitive phrase libertinam iustam uxorem habere as its logical subject. The noun senatori functions as its dative of indirect object.
  2. §23.2.31.prpotest — The subject of this verb is not explicitly stated, but the accusative noun libertinam from the preceding condition clause is understood as its nominative subject, with iusta uxor functioning as the predicate nominative with esse.

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