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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.4.3.pr

Condition of Divorce for the Validity of Agreements

Passage 3462 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that agreements entered into with a view to the time of divorce have no effect unless a divorce actually occurs.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §23.4.3.prPacta conuenta, quae in diuortii tempus collata sunt, non facto diuortio locum non habent.
[PAULUS from the third book on Sabinus.] Agreements entered into, which are directed to the time of divorce, have no application if divorce does not take place.

Notes

  1. §23.4.3.prin diuortii tempus collata sunt — The verb conferre combined with the prepositional phrase in + accusative means to defer or direct the effect or application of something to a specific future time. Here, it refers to agreements made to take effect at the time of a future divorce.
  2. §23.4.3.prnon facto diuortio — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the perfect passive participle facto modified by the negative non, functioning equivalent to a conditional clause: "if a divorce does not take place."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.4.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.4.3.pr

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