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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.19.pr

Husband's Liability for Dowry Delivered to a Third Party

Passage 3393 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provisions that even if a dowry is given to a third party by order of the husband, the husband himself remains bound in respect of the dowry.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.19.prEtiamsi alii iussu mariti dos detur, nihilo minus maritus de dote obligatur.
[ULPIANUS in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] Even if the dowry is given to another by order of the husband, the husband is nevertheless bound in respect of the dowry.

Notes

  1. §23.3.19.pralii — Dative singular of the pronoun alius (other), serving as the recipient to whom the dowry is given.
  2. §23.3.19.prnihilo minus — Adverbial phrase meaning 'nevertheless' or 'none the less'. Composed of the ablative of measure of difference nihilo (by nothing) and the comparative adverb minus (less).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.19.pr

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