Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.51.pr

Due Date of a Legacy to a Daughter upon Guardianship

Passage 4875 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if a bequest is made to a daughter under paternal power under the condition 'when she comes under her own guardianship', it becomes due when she reaches marriageable age.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §32.0.51.prSi filiae familias ita legatum sit 'cum in tutelam suam peruenerit', tunc debebitur, cum uiripotens facta fuerit.

[PAULUS, from the fourth book on Sabinus.] If a bequest has been made to a daughter under paternal power in this way: 'when she comes under her own guardianship', it will be due when she has reached marriageable age.

Notes

32.0.51.prdebebitur — The third-person singular future passive of the verb debeo. Although the subject is not explicitly expressed, it refers back to legatum (the bequest) from the preceding conditional clause, indicating when the bequest becomes due and enforceable.
32.0.51.pruiripotens — The adjective uiripotens (literally 'capable of a man') refers to a female who has reached physical maturity and the age suitable for marriage or sexual union (typically set at twelve years of age for females). It is a legal term indicating the female equivalent of pubertas (puberty) in males.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §32.0.51.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:32.0.51.pr

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