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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.14.14.pr

Effect of Oaths and Judgments on Patron Status

Passage 5864 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that an oath alone does not establish the status of a patron regarding inheritance, whereas a judicial decree declaring someone a patron must be upheld.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §37.14.14.prSi iurauero me patronum esse, dicendum est non esse me quantum ad successionem patronum, quia iusiurandum patronum non facit: aliter atque si patronum esse pronuntiatum sit: tunc enim sententia stabitur.
[ULPIANUS, in the fifth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] If I swear that I am a patron, it must be said that I am not a patron so far as inheritance is concerned, because an oath does not make someone a patron; it is otherwise if it has been declared that he is a patron, for then the judgment shall be stood by.

Notes

  1. §37.14.14.praliter atque si — A combination of aliter atque (otherwise than) and the conditional clause with si (if), meaning "it is otherwise than if" or "except in the case where".
  2. §37.14.14.prsententia stabitur — The future passive third-person singular stabitur of the intransitive verb stare is used impersonally. Combined with the ablative sententia (of means or accordance), it means "the judgment shall be stood by" or "one must abide by the decision".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.14.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.14.14.pr

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