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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.42.pr

Recognition of Gifts for Honor and Gaining Ranks

Passage 3554 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that a new exception for donations between spouses, termed 'for the sake of honor' (honoris causa), has been recognized for purposes such as obtaining senatorial or equestrian rank, or hosting public games.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §24.1.42.prNuper ex indulgentia principis Antonini recepta est alia causa donationis, quam dicimus honoris causa: ut ecce si uxor uiro lati clauii petenti gratia donet uel ut equestris ordinis fiat uel ludorum gratia.
[GAIUS in his eleventh book on the provincial edict.] Recently, by the favor of the Emperor Antoninus, another cause of donation has been recognized, which we call 'for the sake of honor': as, for example, if a wife makes a donation to her husband who is seeking the broad purple stripe, for the sake of obtaining it, or in order that he may become of equestrian rank, or for the sake of public games.

Notes

  1. 24.1.42.prlati clauii petenti gratia — If the manuscript reading 'petenti' (a dative present participle modifying 'uiro') is retained, the genitive 'lati clauii' depends on the postponed preposition 'gratia' ('for the sake of'), while 'petenti' describes the husband as 'seeking [it]'. Some editions emend this to 'petendi' (genitive gerund), meaning 'for the sake of seeking the broad stripe', but the practical sense remains the same in both interpretations.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.42.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.42.pr

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