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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.3.35.pr

Freedwoman's Dowry Recovery Action Against Patron Husband

Passage 3627 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a freedwoman who divorced with the consent of her patron can bring an action against him for the recovery of her dowry.

[MARCIANUS libro decimo institutionum. ] §24.3.35.prLiberta, quae uoluntate patroni discessit, de dote cum eo agere potest quam ei dedit.
[MARCIANUS, Book 10 of Institutes.] A freedwoman who has departed with the consent of her patron can bring an action against him for the dowry which she gave to him.

Notes

  1. §24.3.35.prdiscessit — Although discessit generally means 'departed', in the context of claiming the return of a dowry (dote), it specifically refers to departing from the marriage, i.e., 'divorced' or 'separated'.
  2. §24.3.35.prquam — The relative pronoun quam (accusative feminine singular) has dote (ablative feminine singular) as its antecedent, from which it is separated in the sentence.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.3.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.3.35.pr

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