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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.3.60.pr

Curator's Consent to a Woman's Promised Dowry

Passage 3434 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In response to a query about the amount of dowry for which a curator should consent when an adult woman promises it, it is answered that the limit must be decided based on the wealth and status of both spouses.

[CELSUS libro undecimo digestorum. ] §23.3.60.prQuaero, quantae pecuniae dotem promittenti adultae mulieri curator consensum accommodare debeat.
[CELSUS in the eleventh book of the Digests.] I ask to what amount of money a curator ought to grant his consent for an adult woman who is promising a dowry.
respondit: modus ex facultatibus et dignitate mulieris maritique statuendus est, quousque ratio patitur.
He replied: the limit must be established based on the means and social standing of the woman and of the husband, so far as reason permits.

Notes

  1. §23.3.60.prquantae pecuniae — A genitive of quality or measure qualifying dotem, meaning 'of what amount of money'.
  2. §23.3.60.pradultae mulieri — Dative case. It refers here to a woman who has reached adulthood (above 12 years old) but is under 25, thereby requiring the consent of a curator.
  3. §23.3.60.prmulieris maritique — Genitives of possession linked by the enclitic -que, both modifying facultatibus et dignitate in the prepositional phrase, referring to the resources and social standing of both the woman and the husband.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.3.60.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.3.60.pr

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