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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.2.53.pr

Prohibition of Marriage between Ascendants and Descendants

Passage 3359 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that marriage is prohibited between persons in the line of ascendants and descendants, regardless of the degree of relationship, extending to infinity.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §23.2.53.prNuptiae consistere non possunt inter eas personas quae in numero parentium liberorumue sunt, siue proximi siue ulterioris gradus sint usque ad infinitum.
[GAIUS, in his eleventh book on the provincial edict.] Marriage cannot exist between those persons who are in the position of ascendants or descendants, whether they are of the nearest degree or of a more remote degree even to infinity.

Notes

  1. §23.2.53.prin numero parentium liberorumue — parentium and liberorumue are genitives depending on in numero, meaning "in the category of ascendants and descendants (parents and children)" in a broad legal sense.
  2. §23.2.53.prsiue proximi siue ulterioris gradus sint — proximi (with gradus understood) and ulterioris gradus are genitives of description serving as complements to sint (3rd person plural subjunctive), expressing "whether they are of the nearest degree or of a more remote degree".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.2.53.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.2.53.pr

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