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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.2.2.pr-24.2.2.3

Formulas for Repudiation and Notice to Absent Parties

Passage 3581 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains the etymology of divorce (divortium), lists the prescribed formulas used for repudiation and the dissolution of betrothal, and outlines the method of notification to an absent party.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §24.2.2.prDiuortium autem uel a diuersitate mentium dictum est uel quia in diuersas partes eunt, qui distrahunt matrimonium.
[GAIUS, in the eleventh book on the Provincial Edict.] Divorce (divortium) is so called either from opposition of minds (diversitas mentium), or because those who dissolve the marriage go in different directions.
§24.2.2.1In repudiis autem, id est renuntiatione comprobata sunt haec uerba: 'tuas res tibi habeto', item haec: 'tuas res tibi agito'.
In unilateral repudiation (repudium), that is, notification (renuntiatio), these words have been approved: 'Keep your things to yourself'; likewise these: 'Take your things away with you'.
§24.2.2.2In sponsalibus quoque discutiendis placuit renuntiationem interuenire oportere: in qua re haec uerba probata sunt: 'condicione tua non utor'.
In breaking off betrothal (sponsalia) also, it has been decided that a notification must take place; in which matter these words are approved: 'I do not avail myself of your proposal'.
§24.2.2.3Siue autem ipsi praesenti renuntietur siue absenti per eum, qui in potestate eius sit cuiusue is eaue in potestate sit, nihil interest.
It makes no difference whether the notification is made to the person himself when present, or to an absent person through one who is in his power, or through one in whose power he or she is.

Notes

  1. §24.2.2.prdiuortium autem uel a diuersitate mentium dictum est uel quia in diuersas partes eunt — To explain the derivation of the word, a prepositional phrase (a diuersitate mentium) and a causal clause (quia in diuersas partes eunt) are coordinated by the correlative conjunctions uel ... uel ... .
  2. §24.2.2.3per eum, qui in potestate eius sit cuiusue is eaue in potestate sit — This clause specifies the intermediaries through whom a notification can be made to an absent person (eius / is eaue). The prepositional phrase per eum is modified by two relative clauses: first, qui in potestate eius sit (someone who is in the power of the absent person, i.e., their dependent); second, cuius in potestate is eaue sit (someone in whose power the absent person—male is or female ea—is, i.e., their paterfamilias). The word cuiusue is the genitive of the relative pronoun qui combined with the enclitic conjunction -ue ('or').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.2.2.pr-24.2.2.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.2.2.pr-24.2.2.3

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