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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.23.pr

Survival of Prior Actions upon Remarriage and Second Divorce

Passage 3698 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is held that if a couple remarries after a divorce and then divorces again, the actions concerning the removal of property, expenses, and gifts from the prior marriage or divorce still survive.

[AFRICANUS libro octauo quaestionum. ] §25.2.23.prRedintegrato matrimonio si iterum diuortium factum erit, ob res amotas prioris diuortii causa, item ob impensas donationesque priore matrimonio factas manere actionem existimauit.
[AFRICANUS, Questions, book 8.] If, after a marriage has been renewed, a divorce should take place again, he was of the opinion that the action remains for the property removed on the occasion of the prior divorce, and likewise for the expenses and gifts made during the prior marriage.

Notes

  1. §25.2.23.prRedintegrato matrimonio — Ablative absolute consisting of the perfect passive participle `redintegrato` (from `redintegrare`, to renew or restore) and the noun `matrimonio` (from `matrimonium`, marriage). It expresses a temporal or conditional circumstance: "after the marriage has been renewed."
  2. §25.2.23.prmanere actionem — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction serving as the object of the main verb `existimauit` ("he held/thought"). `actionem` (action) is the subject accusative of the infinitive `manere` (to remain).
  3. §25.2.23.prprioris diuortii causa — The genitive phrase `prioris diuortii` (of the prior divorce) is governed by the postpositional ablative `causa` (for the sake of, by reason of, on the occasion of). It indicates the reason or occasion: "on account of/on the occasion of the prior divorce."

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