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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.5.9.pr

Action Granted for Legacy in Place of Dowry Exceeding Its Amount

Passage 5758 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provides that an action is granted to the wife or daughter-in-law even if the legacy left instead of the dowry exceeds the original amount of the dowry.

[PAULUS libro quadragesimo primo ad edictum. ] §37.5.9.prSed et si plus sit in legato quam in dote, dabitur illis actio.
[PAULUS libro quadragesimo primo ad edictum.] But also, if there is more in the legacy than in the dowry, an action will be given to them.

Notes

  1. §37.5.9.prillis — Dative plural pronoun. It refers back to the 'wife and daughter-in-law' (uxor, nurus) mentioned in the preceding sections (§37.5.8.3 and §37.5.8.5).
  2. §37.5.9.prplus sit in legato quam in dote — Conditional clause with a comparative. It refers to a situation where the value of the legacy left in place of the dowry exceeds the actual value of the dowry. In this case, up to the value of the dowry, the claim is protected from reduction and an action (actio) is granted.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.5.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.5.9.pr

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