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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.13.pr

Denial of Referring the Oath by a Woman under the Edict

Passage 3688 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian cites Labeo's view that a woman should not be allowed to refer back an oath, noting that this aligns with the formulation of the edict.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo tertio ad edictum. ] §25.2.13.prIdeo Labeo scribit mulieri non esse permittendum referre iusiurandum, et ita edictum ordinatum uidetur.
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, book 33.] Therefore, Labeo writes that a woman should not be permitted to refer back the oath, and the edict seems to have been drawn up in this way.

Notes

  1. §25.2.13.prmulieri non esse permittendum — This is an impersonal gerundive construction, where the dative mulieri functions as the indirect object of the action expressed by permittendum ("to permit to the woman"). The infinitive phrase referre iusiurandum serves as the subject of the construction.
  2. §25.2.13.prreferre iusiurandum — A procedural term in Roman law, meaning to refer back or return the oath (originally tendered as iusiurandum deferre) to the other party, demanding that they swear it instead.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.13.pr

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