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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.27.pr

Validity of a Donation Made Just Before Marriage

Passage 3537 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a donation made before marriage between prospective spouses is legally valid, even if the marriage takes place on the same day.

[MODESTINUS libro septimo regularum. ] §24.1.27.prInter eos, qui matrimonio coituri sunt, ante nuptias donatio facta iure consistit, etiamsi eodem die nuptiae fuerint consecutae.
[MODESTINUS, in the seventh book of Rules.] A donation made before marriage between those who are about to enter into marriage is legally valid, even if the marriage followed on the same day.

Notes

  1. 24.1.27.prcoituri sunt — A periphrastic future formed with the future active participle coiturus of the verb coeo (to come together, enter into) and the present tense of sum, expressing the intention or expectation of entering into marriage.
  2. 24.1.27.prfuerint consecutae — Perfect subjunctive of the deponent verb consequor (to follow). In the concessive clause introduced by etiamsi (even if), it indicates an action completed prior to the time of the main verb (consistit, present), or a hypothetical situation, emphasizing that the marriage followed after the donation on the very same day.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.27.pr

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