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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.31.pr

Continuance of Dowry in Mere Quarrel without Divorce

Passage 3405 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if there was merely a quarrel and not a divorce, the dowry remains as part of the same marriage.

[PAPINIANUS libro quarto responsorum. ] §23.3.31.prQuod si non diuortium, sed iurgium fuit, dos eiusdem matrimonii manebit.
[PAPINIANUS in the fourth book of Responses.] But if there was not a divorce, but a quarrel, the dowry will remain of the same marriage.

Notes

  1. §23.3.31.preiusdem matrimonii — A possessive or qualifying genitive linked with manebit, indicating that the dowry (dos) remains "as belonging to the same marriage." Since a mere quarrel (iurgium) does not constitute a divorce (diuortium), the marriage is not dissolved and the legal status of the dowry remains unchanged.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.31.pr

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