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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.7.pr

Appointing Curators to Provide or Alter a Dowry

Passage 3809 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus explains that a curator should be appointed not only for providing a dowry for a bride-to-be, but also for increasing or altering a dowry for a woman who is already married.

[IDEM libro primo de omnibus tribunalibus. ] §26.5.7.prNon tantum ad dotem dandam nupturae curatorem dari oportet, uerum etiam ei quoque, quae iam nupta est.
[THE SAME, from the first book on all tribunals.] It is necessary that a curator be appointed not only for a woman about to marry in order to give a dowry, but also for her who is already married.
sed et ad dotem augendam datur et mutandae quoque dotis gratia curator dari potest.
Furthermore, a curator is also appointed for the purpose of increasing a dowry, and a curator can also be appointed for the sake of altering a dowry.

Notes

  1. §26.5.7.prnupturae — The dative feminine singular of the future active participle nupturus from the verb nubo (to marry). Placed in parallel with the subsequent dative ei (the antecedent of quae iam nupta est), it functions as the indirect object of the passive infinitive dari.
  2. §26.5.7.prad dotem dandam ... mutandae quoque dotis gratia — Two different gerundive constructions expressing purpose: the former uses ad + accusative (ad dotem dandam and ad dotem augendam), while the latter uses the genitive followed by the postpositional ablative gratia (mutandae... dotis gratia). Both function as adverbial phrases of purpose.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.7.pr

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