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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §3.2.10.pr-3.2.10.1

Imperial Dispensation for Remarriage and Betrothal in Mourning

Passage 468 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a dispensation may be obtained from the emperor allowing a woman to marry within the mourning period, and that being betrothed during this time does not cause any legal detriment.

[IDEM libro octauo ad edictum. ] §3.2.10.prSolet a principe impetrari, ut intra legitimum tempus mulieri nubere liceat.
[THE SAME, in his Eighth Book on the Edict.] It is customary to obtain from the emperor a dispensation allowing a woman to marry within the legal period of mourning.
§3.2.10.1Quae uirum eluge, intra id tempus sponsam fuisse non nocet.
For a woman who must mourn her husband, it is not detrimental to have been betrothed within that period.

Notes

  1. 3.2.10.primpetrari, ut ... liceat — The `ut` clause ("that it be allowed...") functions as the logical subject of the passive infinitive `impetrari` ("to be obtained"), which depends on the verb `solet` used impersonally.
  2. 3.2.10.1Quae uirum eluge — The word `eluge` in the text is likely a scribal corruption or abbreviation of `elugere` (or phrases like `elugere debet` or `elugens`). It functions as a relative clause introduced by the relative pronoun `Quae` (nominative feminine singular), meaning "she who must mourn her husband."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §3.2.10.pr-3.2.10.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:3.2.10.pr-3.2.10.1

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