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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.12.pr

Timing Restrictions on Donations Made on Account of Divorce

Passage 3522 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus specifies that donations made on account of divorce are valid only if they are made at the very time of the divorce, excluding those made in anticipation of a future divorce.

[PAULUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §24.1.12.prquae tamen sub ipso diuortii tempore, non quae ex cogitatione quandoque futuri diuortii fiant:
[PAULUS libro septimo ad Sabinum.] which, however, are made at the very time of the divorce, not those which are made from the contemplation of a divorce to take place at some future time.

Notes

  1. 24.1.12.prquae ... fiant — This relative clause refers back to 'donationes' (implied from 'donatio' in D.24.1.11.11). The subjunctive 'fiant' is a subjunctive of characteristic, defining the specific type of donations that are valid under this rule.
  2. 24.1.12.prex cogitatione quandoque futuri diuortii — Meaning 'from the contemplation of a divorce to take place at some future time.' The adverb 'quandoque' (at some time/whenever) functionally modifies the future participle 'futuri,' emphasizing the indefinite future nature of the anticipated divorce.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.12.pr

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