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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.27.pr

Acquisition of Replaced Property by Exchange of Dowry

Passage 3401 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus explains that if the exchange of dowry has actually been carried out, the newly acquired land or thing becomes part of the dowry.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo sexto ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.27.prQuod si fuerit factum, fundus uel res dotalis efficitur.
[ULPIANUS in the thirty-sixth book on Sabinus.] And if this has been done, the land or thing becomes dotal.

Notes

  1. §23.3.27.prQuod si — A conditional clause with the relative connector 'quod'. 'Quod' refers to the substance of the preceding passage (the exchange of dowry), meaning 'And if this has been done'.
  2. §23.3.27.prdotalis efficitur — The adjective dotalis (pertaining to a dowry) functions as a predicative nominative with the verb efficitur (becomes / is made), modifying the subjects fundus uel res. It means 'becomes dotal' or 'becomes part of the dowry'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.27.pr

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