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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.20.pr

Remission of Immoral Conditions and Conditions of Oath

Passage 5351 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus states that immoral conditions must be remitted, and that conditions requiring an oath are generally included in this category.

[MARCELLUS apud IULIANUM libro uicesimo septimo digestorum notat. ] §35.1.20.prNon dubitamus, quin turpes condiciones remittendae sunt: quo in numero plerumque sunt etiam iurisiurandi.
[Marcellus notes in the twenty-seventh book of Julian's Digests.]\n We do not doubt that shameful conditions must be remitted; in which category, for the most part, are also those of an oath.

Notes

  1. §35.1.20.prquin turpes condiciones remittendae sunt — In the dependent clause following non dubitare quin, the indicative present (sunt) is used instead of the subjunctive (sint) which is standard in classical Latin. This may emphasize the factual nature of the statement, or reflect later Latin usage.
  2. §35.1.20.prquo in numero — The relative pronoun qui acts adjectivally with numerus (literally "in which number"), referring back to the turpes condiciones mentioned in the preceding clause.
  3. §35.1.20.priurisiurandi — The genitive singular of the compound noun iusiurandum (an oath). The noun condiciones (conditions) is understood from the context, signifying "conditions of an oath."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.20.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.20.pr

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