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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.10.10.pr

Oath of Pregnancy and the Carbonian Edict

Passage 5826 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus explains the rules for granting or denying provisional possession of goods under the Carbonian Edict when a woman has taken or tendered back an oath regarding her pregnancy, as well as the judicial purpose of these rules.

[MARCELLUS libro septimo digestorum. ] §37.10.10.prCum mulier deferente herede iurauerit se praegnatem esse, bonorum possessio ex edicto Carboniano dari debet, uel denegari, si illa heredi detulit iusiurandum, cum causa cognita detur possessio.
[MARCELLUS libro septimo digestorum.] When a woman, upon the heir tendering the oath, has sworn that she is pregnant, possession of goods under the Carbonian Edict ought to be granted, or denied, if she has tendered the oath back to the heir, since possession is granted only after an inquiry into the case.
ne aut heredi bonorum possessio data faciat praeiudicium aut denegata ius ordinarium eripiat pupillo.
This is so that neither the possession of goods, if granted, may prejudice the heir, nor, if denied, may deprive the ward of his ordinary right.

Notes

  1. §37.10.10.prdeferente herede — An ablative absolute construction formed by the noun herede and the present participle deferente. It refers to the legal procedure of tendering an oath (iusiurandum deferre) in Roman civil litigation, where the heir demands that the woman swear to her pregnancy.
  2. §37.10.10.prdetulit iusiurandum — The perfect tense of deferre. It refers to the woman tendering the oath back to the heir (asking him to swear that she is not pregnant). Although referre is the more standard legal term for this act of tendering back, deferre is used here in the same sense.
  3. §37.10.10.prne aut heredi bonorum possessio data faciat praeiudicium aut denegata ius ordinarium eripiat pupillo — A clause introduced by the negative purpose conjunction ne. The subjects are two participial phrases connected by aut ... aut ...: bonorum possessio data (possession of goods, if granted) and [bonorum possessio] denegata (possession of goods, if denied). heredi is a dative of disadvantage depending on faciat, and pupillo is a dative of separation depending on eripiat.

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