Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.60.pr-24.1.60.1

Gifts between Stepparents and Stepchildren, and Gifts upon Divorce

Passage 3572 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the permissibility of donations between a stepfather and a stepson, and the allowance of donations between spouses in the event of divorce.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §24.1.60.prUitricus et priuignus inuicem sibi donare praetexto matrimonii non prohibentur.

[HERMOGENIANUS, in the second book of Epitomes of Law.] A stepfather and a stepson are not prohibited from making donations to one another under the pretext of marriage.

§24.1.60.1Diuortii causa donationes inter uirum et uxorem concessae sunt: saepe enim euenit, uti propter sacerdotium uel etiam sterilitatem

Donations between husband and wife made for the sake of divorce are permitted: for it often happens, on account of a priesthood or even sterility, that...

Notes

§24.1.60.prpraetexto matrimonii — A phrase consisting of the ablative praetexto ("under the pretext") and the genitive matrimonii ("of marriage"). It refers to situations where a marriage is used as a pretext to bypass the prohibition of donations between spouses.
§24.1.60.1uti — An alternative form of the conjunction ut, which introduces a noun clause functioning as the subject of the impersonal verb euenit ("it happens"). The current chunk ends abruptly at sterilitatem, but grammatically it expects a clause with a subjunctive verb to follow.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.60.pr-24.1.60.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.60.pr-24.1.60.1

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