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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.1.11.pr-25.1.11.1

Non-Recovery of Voluptuary Expenses and Gift Ban

Passage 3670 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text cites Aristo's opinion that voluptuary expenses do not allow for recovery even with the wife's consent, and Sabinus's view that the prohibition of gifts between husband and wife also applies to expenses.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo sexto ad Sabinum. ] §25.1.11.prIn uoluptariis autem Aristo scribit nec si uoluntate mulieris factae sunt, exactionem parere.
[ULPIANUS, On Sabinus, book 36] Regarding voluptuary expenses, however, Aristo writes that they do not give rise to a claim for recovery, not even if they were made with the consent of the wife.
§25.1.11.1Donationem inter uirum et uxorem circa impensas quoque inhibitam uere Sabinus scribit.
Sabinus writes with truth that gifts between husband and wife are forbidden also in relation to expenses.

Notes

  1. §25.1.11.prIn uoluptariis — Feminine ablative plural of the adjective uoluptarius (voluptuary). The feminine plural noun impensis (expenses) is elliptically omitted from the context, meaning 'In the case of voluptuary expenses'.
  2. §25.1.11.prexactionem parere — An accusative-with-infinitive construction acting as the object clause of Aristo scribit. The subject of the infinitive parere is the feminine plural accusative impensas (voluptuary expenses) understood from the context, meaning '[voluptuary expenses] do not give rise to a claim for recovery'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.1.11.pr-25.1.11.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.1.11.pr-25.1.11.1

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