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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.20.pr

Wife's Liability for Removing Bona Fide Acquired Goods

Passage 3695 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus states that if a wife, for the purpose of divorce, either removes a thing her husband bought in good faith or assists a thief, she will be found liable under the action for property removed.

[MARCELLUS libro septimo digestorum. ] §25.2.20.prSi rem, quam maritus bona fide emerat, uxor amouit uel opem furi tulit idque fecit diuortii causa, rerum amotarum iudicio damnabitur.
[MARCELLUS, Digests, book 7.] If a wife removed a thing which her husband had bought in good faith, or gave assistance to a thief, and did this for the sake of divorce, she will be condemned under the action for property removed.

Notes

  1. §25.2.20.pridque fecit diuortii causa — The pronoun "id" refers back to either of the two preceding alternative acts: removing the thing ("rem amouit") or giving assistance to a thief ("opem furi tulit"). The phrase "diuortii causa" (for the sake of / because of divorce) indicates the subjective and situational requirement necessary for the action for property removed ("actio rerum amotarum") to be applicable.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.20.pr

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