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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.30.pr

Presumption of Transferring Dowry to a Subsequent Marriage

Passage 3404 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the requirements for converting a dowry from a prior marriage to a subsequent one, and the principle of interpreting the parties' intention to convert it unless proven otherwise.

[PAULUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.30.prDotem, quae in prius matrimonium data est, non aliter conuerti in posterius matrimonium dicendum est, quam cum hoc agitur: dum hoc agi semper interpretemur, nisi probetur aliud conuenisse.
[PAULUS in the seventh book on Sabinus.] It must be said that a dowry which was given for a prior marriage is not otherwise converted for a subsequent marriage than when this is intended: provided that we always interpret this as being intended, unless it is proved that something else was agreed upon.

Notes

  1. §23.3.30.prhoc agitur — A passive form of the legal idiom "hoc agere" (to intend or aim at a specific legal effect). Here, "hoc" refers to the conversion (conuerti) of the dowry for the subsequent marriage being the true intention of the parties.
  2. §23.3.30.prdum hoc agi semper interpretemur — "dum" introduces a restrictive clause ("provided that", "on the condition that") with the first-person plural present subjunctive "interpretemur". The accusative with infinitive "hoc agi" functions as the object of "interpretemur".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.30.pr

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