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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.3.40.pr

Dowry Stipulation upon Involuntary Divorce and Father's Action

Passage 3632 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses a stipulation for returning the dowry upon a divorce against the daughter's will, addressing the father's right to sue after her death versus during her lifetime.

[IDEM libro uicesimo octauo quaestionum. ] §24.3.40.prPost dotem datam et nuptias contractas stipulatus est pater non ex filiae uoluntate diuortio facto dotem dari.
[THE SAME, Book 28 of Questions.] After the dowry had been given and the marriage contracted, the father stipulated that the dowry should be given [to him] if a divorce was made not according to the daughter's will.
si condicio stipulationis impleatur et postea filia sine liberis decesserit, non erit impediendus pater, quo minus ex stipulatu agat: uiua autem filia si agere uult, exceptione summouendus erit.
If the condition of the stipulation is fulfilled and afterwards the daughter dies without children, the father must not be prevented from bringing an action based on the stipulation; but if he wishes to sue while the daughter is alive, he must be barred by an exception.

Notes

  1. §24.3.40.prnon ex filiae uoluntate diuortio facto — diuortio facto (a divorce having been made) is an ablative absolute, which contains the prepositional phrase non ex filiae uoluntate (not according to the daughter's will), setting forth the condition of the stipulation.
  2. §24.3.40.prquo minus — Introduced after a verb of hindering (here non erit impediendus), this conjunction takes the subjunctive agat to introduce a clause of prevention ('prevented from bringing an action').
  3. §24.3.40.pruiua ... filia — An ablative absolute consisting of the adjective uiua and the noun filia (lacking a participle of the copula), expressing the time or condition 'while the daughter is alive.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.3.40.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.3.40.pr

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