Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.3.pr

Inapplicability of Dowry in Non-Existent Marriages

Passage 3377 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains the legal principle that the concept of a dowry cannot exist where a marriage itself cannot legally be established.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagesimo tertio ad edictum. ] §23.3.3.prDotis appellatio non refertur ad ea matrimonia, quae consistere non possunt: neque enim dos sine matrimonio esse potest.
[ULPIANUS in the sixty-third book on the Edict.] The term "dowry" does not apply to those marriages which cannot legally exist; for there can be no dowry without marriage.
ubicumque igitur matrimonii nomen non est, nec dos est.
Therefore, wherever the name of marriage does not exist, neither does a dowry.

Notes

  1. §23.3.3.prDotis appellatio — Dotis is an appositive (explanatory) genitive modifying appellatio, meaning "the designation of 'dowry'".
  2. §23.3.3.prconsistere — Used here in the sense of "to exist or stand legally," referring to marriages that are legally invalid or cannot be established.
  3. §23.3.3.prmatrimonii nomen — matrimonii is an appositive genitive, meaning "the name of marriage," pointing to a situation that lacks the legal requirements of a marriage.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.3.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.