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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.37.pr

Wife's Action against Debtor if Marriage Does Not Occur

Passage 3411 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the woman's action against the debtor is not lost unless the marriage takes place, and the debtor remains obligated to her.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.37.prNon enim alias perit mulieri actio, quam si nuptiae secutae fuerint: nam si secutae non sunt, manet debitor mulieri obligatus.
[PAULUS in the twelfth book on Sabinus.] For the woman's action is not lost otherwise than if the marriage has followed; for if it has not followed, the debtor remains obligated to the woman.

Notes

  1. §23.3.37.prnon alias... quam si — A correlative construction meaning "not otherwise than if...", which serves to express an exclusive or restrictive condition ("only if").
  2. §23.3.37.prmulieri — A dative of disadvantage associated with the verb perit, or a dative of possession modifying actio; in either case, it practically denotes that the action belonging to the woman is lost to her detriment.
  3. §23.3.37.prmanet debitor mulieri obligatus — The verb manet functions as a copulative verb ("remains") taking the participle obligatus as a predicate nominative modifying the subject debitor, while mulieri is the dative governed by obligatus ("obligated to someone").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.37.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.37.pr

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