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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.4.pr

Action Against a Father After His Daughter's Death

Passage 3679 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius discusses the exception to the limitation on the action for things removed against a father after his daughter's death, specifically when the father has acted with malicious intent to prevent the property from reaching the claimant.

[POMPONIUS libro sexto decimo ad Sabinum. ] §25.2.4.prdoloue malo fecerit, quo minus ad eum perueniret.
[POMPONIUS, on Sabinus, book 16.] or has acted with malicious intent, to prevent its reaching him.

Notes

  1. §25.2.4.prdoloue malo — The ablative form dolo malo (of dolus malus, meaning malicious intent or fraud) with the enclitic disjunctive particle -ve attached. This is an ablative of manner or means, signifying 'with malicious intent' or 'fraudulently'.
  2. §25.2.4.prfecerit — Third-person singular perfect subjunctive (or future perfect indicative) of the verb facio. The implied subject is 'the father' (pater) from the preceding fragment (D. 25.2.3.4). Grammatically, it stands in parallel with the preceding subjunctive present locupletior sit under the construction introduced by nisi quatenus.
  3. §25.2.4.prquo minus ad eum perueniret — The conjunction quo minus (or quominus) introduces a subjunctive clause (here perueniret, imperfect subjunctive) following expressions of hindrance or prevention (here fecerit, in the sense of 'acted to prevent'). The pronoun eum in ad eum refers to the husband (or claimant) seeking the return of the property, and the subject of perueniret is the 'property removed' (res) understood from the context.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.4.pr

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