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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.2.59.pr

Scope of Sons in Marriage Ban between Guardian and Ward

Passage 3365 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the senatusconsultum prohibiting a guardian from marrying his female ward to himself or his son, the term "son" is interpreted to also include "grandson."

[PAULUS libro singulari de adsignatione libertorum. ] §23.2.59.prSenatus consulto, quo cautum est, ne tutor pupillam uel filio suo uel sibi nuptum collocet, etiam nepos significatur.
[PAULUS, in his Single Book on the Assignment of Freedmen.] By the senatusconsultum, in which it is provided that a guardian shall not give his female ward in marriage either to his son or to himself, a grandson also is meant.

Notes

  1. §23.2.59.prnuptum collocet — A standard idiom combining collocare with the accusative supine of nubo (nuptum), meaning "to give (a woman) in marriage" or "to marry off."
  2. §23.2.59.pretiam nepos significatur — The main clause. It indicates that by the word filio (son) in the relative clause, a grandson (nepos) is also "meant" (included).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.2.59.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.2.59.pr

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