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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.16.pr

Wife's Single Liability on Husband's Property Confiscated

Passage 3691 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that when a husband's property devolves to the treasury, the wife is sued only for the single value regarding removed property, whereas others would be condemned to fourfold.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §25.2.16.prAd fiscum mariti bonis deuolutis uxor rerum amotarum nomine in simplum conuenitur, quamuis alii in quadruplum condemnentur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitome of Law, book 2.] When the goods of a husband have devolved to the imperial treasury, the wife is sued on account of removed property for the single value, even though others would be condemned to fourfold.

Notes

  1. §25.2.16.prAd fiscum mariti bonis deuolutis — This is an ablative absolute construction ("with the goods of the husband having devolved to the treasury"), indicating the condition or time under which the action takes place.
  2. §25.2.16.prquamuis ... condemnentur — The conjunction quamuis ("although / even though") governs the subjunctive mood (condemnentur, present passive subjunctive 3rd person plural) to form a concessive clause, in contrast to the indicative main verb conuenitur.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.16.pr

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