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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.15.2.pr-37.15.2.1

Prohibition of Infamous Actions against Parents and Patrons

Passage 5876 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is established that out of respect for parents and patrons, even if they participate in a trial via a representative, actions for fraud, injuries, or interdicts on force must not be granted against them due to the social infamy such actions carry.

[IULIANUS libro quarto decimo digestorum. ] §37.15.2.prHonori parentium ac patronorum tribuendum est, ut, quamuis per procuratorem iudicium accipiant, nec actio de dolo aut iniuriarum in eos detur: licet enim uerbis edicti non habeantur infames ita condemnati, re tamen ipsa et opinione hominum non effugiunt infamiae notam.
[JULIANUS, from the fourteenth book of the Digests.] It must be conceded to the honor of parents and patrons that, although they accept a trial through a procurator, no action for fraud or for injuries is to be granted against them; for even if those who are thus condemned are not held infamous by the words of the Edict, nevertheless by the reality itself and in the opinion of men they do not escape the brand of infamy.
§37.15.2.1Interdictum quoque unde ui non est aduersus eos reddendum.
The interdict on force also must not be granted against them.

Notes

  1. §37.15.2.prHonori parentium ac patronorum tribuendum est, ut — The construction 'tribuere + dative (Honori) + ut clause' means 'it must be conceded to the honor of..., namely that...'. It indicates the motivation or purpose behind the following legal restriction.
  2. §37.15.2.practio de dolo aut iniuriarum — This coordinates two distinct civil actions of high ignominy: the action for fraud (actio de dolo) modified by a prepositional phrase, and the action for injuries (actio iniuriarum) modified by a genitive plural.
  3. §37.15.2.prlicet ... non habeantur infames ita condemnati — The conjunction 'licet' introduces a concession with the subjunctive 'habeantur'. 'ita condemnati' (those condemned in this manner) refers to those who, having been condemned through a representative, might technically escape statutory infamy under the literal wording of the Edict.
  4. §37.15.2.1interdictum unde ui — This refers to the Roman legal remedy (an interdict) used to recover possession of real property when one has been dispossessed by force (unde vi). Requesting this against parents or patrons is deemed contrary to filial piety.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.15.2.pr-37.15.2.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.15.2.pr-37.15.2.1

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