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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.2.8.pr-25.2.8.1

Action for Removed Property After Dowry Return and Oath

Passage 3683 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text explains that an action for property removed can still be brought even if not mentioned during the return of the dowry, and outlines the valuation of unreturned goods based on the husband's oath in court.

[POMPONIUS libro sexto decimo ad Sabinum. ] §25.2.8.prSi, cum dos solueretur mulieri aut satis doti fieret, dictum non esset actum iri rerum amotarum, nihilo minus agi potest: nam et cum dos nulla sit, eadem actio datur.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book 16.] If, when the dowry was being returned to the wife or security was being given for the dowry, it had not been stated that an action for property removed was to be brought, an action can nevertheless be brought; for even when there is no dowry, the same action is granted.
§25.2.8.1Sabinus ait, si mulier res quas amouerit non reddat, aestimari debere quanti in litem uir iurasset
Sabinus says that if the wife does not return the things she removed, they ought to be valued at the amount the husband swore to in the lawsuit.

Notes

  1. §25.2.8.practum iri rerum amotarum — The phrase actum iri is the future passive infinitive of ago used impersonally, meaning 'that an action would be brought'. The genitive rerum amotarum ('of the things removed') depends on an implied actionem (action), indicating the specific action for property removed.
  2. §25.2.8.1quanti in litem uir iurasset — The word quanti is a genitive of value/price qualifying aestimari debere ('ought to be valued at how much'). The verb iurasset is a syncopated form of iurauisset (subjunctive in indirect speech). The phrase in litem iurare refers to the legal practice of 'oath in court' (iusiurandum in litem), where the plaintiff swears to the value of the litigious property if the defendant fails to restore it.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.2.8.pr-25.2.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.2.8.pr-25.2.8.1

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