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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.5.4.pr

Applying Limits on Dotal Land Disposal to Fiancés

Passage 3495 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius states that the Lex Julia, which restricts the disposal of dotal land, should be interpreted broadly so that the same legal restrictions apply to a fiancé as they do to a husband.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §23.5.4.prLex Iulia, quae de dotali praedio prospexit ne id marito liceat obligare aut alienare, plenius interpretanda est, ut etiam de sponso idem iuris sit quod de marito.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, Book XI.] The Lex Julia, which provided concerning dotal land that it should not be lawful for a husband to mortgage or alienate it, must be interpreted more broadly, so that the same rule of law may apply to a fiancé as to a husband.

Notes

  1. §23.5.4.prprospexit ne — The verb prospicere (to provide for, safeguard) takes the conjunction ne introducing a subjunctive clause of negative purpose or provision, meaning "to make provision that... not...".
  2. §23.5.4.pridem iuris — The noun iuris is a partitive genitive qualifying the neuter pronoun idem, literally "the same of law", meaning "the same rule of law" or "the same legal status".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.5.4.pr

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