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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.4.31.pr

Agreement on Unharvested Fruits in Final Year

Passage 3490 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the validity of an agreement between husband and wife that the unharvested fruits of the last year of marriage shall belong to the wife.

[SCAEUOLA libro tertio quaestionum. ] §23.4.31.prSi inter uirum et uxorem conuenit, ut extremi anni matrimonii fructus nondum percepti mulieris lucro fiant, huiusmodi pactum ualet.
[SCAEVOLA, from the third book of Questions.] If it has been agreed between husband and wife that the fruits of the last year of the marriage not yet harvested should become the profit of the woman, an agreement of this kind is valid.

Notes

  1. §23.4.31.prmulieris lucro fiant — lucro is a dative of purpose or result, used with the copulative verb fiant (of which the plural subject is fructus) to express 'to become a profit.' mulieris is a possessive genitive modifying lucro.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.4.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.4.31.pr

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