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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.5.12.pr-23.5.12.1

Alienation of Dotal Land After Divorce and Father-in-Law Consent

Passage 3503 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section addresses the continuation of the restriction on alienating a dotal estate even after the dissolution of marriage, and the invalidity of the father-in-law's consent in such alienation.

[PAPINIANUS libro primo de adulteriis. ] §23.5.12.prEtiam si dirempto matrimonio dotale praedium esse intellegitur.
[PAPINIAN, On Adulteries, Book I.] Even if, after the marriage has been dissolved, it is understood to be a dotal estate.
§23.5.12.1Soceri uoluntas in distrahendo dotali praedio nulla est.
The will of the father-in-law in alienating a dotal estate is of no effect.

Notes

  1. §23.5.12.prdirempto matrimonio — Ablative absolute construction, meaning "marriage having been dissolved" or "even after the dissolution of the marriage."
  2. §23.5.12.prEtiam si ... intellegitur — A concessive clause with the main clause omitted. It implies that the prohibition on alienation mentioned in the preceding texts still applies, even if the estate is still considered to be dotal after the marriage has been dissolved.
  3. §23.5.12.1in distrahendo dotali praedio — A gerundive construction with the preposition 'in' agreeing with 'dotali praedio', meaning 'in alienating the dotal estate'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.5.12.pr-23.5.12.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.5.12.pr-23.5.12.1

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