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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.4.7.pr

Definition and Concrete Scope of Agnates

Passage 3798 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage defines agnates as those connected by kinship through males, on the father's side, and lists concrete examples such as brothers, paternal uncles, and their descendants.

[GAIUS libro primo institutionum. ] §26.4.7.prSunt autem adgnati, qui per uirilis sexus personas cognatione iuncti sunt, quasi a patre cognati, ueluti frater eodem patre natus, fratris filius neposue ex eo, item patruus et patrui filius neposue ex eo.
[GAIUS, from the first book of the Institutes.] Moreover, agnates are those who are joined by kinship through persons of the male sex, as if they were cognates on the father's side; for example, a brother born of the same father, a brother's son or a grandson from him, likewise a paternal uncle, and a paternal uncle's son or a grandson from him.

Notes

  1. §26.4.7.prquasi a patre cognati — The prepositional phrase 'a patre' means 'on the father's side' or 'derived from the father', modifying 'cognati' (cognates/kinsmen). Combined with 'quasi' (as if, so to speak), it explains the specific legal category of 'adgnati' (agnates) by relating it to the broader concept of 'cognati'.
  2. §26.4.7.prneposue ex eo — The ablative pronoun 'eo' refers back to the immediately preceding 'filius'. Therefore, 'nepos ex eo' means 'a grandson from that son', indicating a genealogical continuity that designates a brother's grandson (nepos ex fratre) or a paternal uncle's grandson (nepos ex patruo).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.4.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.4.7.pr

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