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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.9.5.pr-37.9.5.1

Maintenance for the Unborn Child and Debt Settlement

Passage 5810 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage rules that the curator of the unborn child must determine maintenance for the pregnant woman regardless of her dowry, and must also manage the payment of debts, especially those secured by penalties or valuable pledges.

[GAIUS libro quarto decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §37.9.5.prCurator uentris alimenta mulieri statuere debet.
[GAIUS on the Provincial Edict, book 14] The curator of the womb must determine maintenance for the woman.
nec ad rem pertinet, an dotem habeat, unde sustentare se possit, quia uidentur quae ita praestantur ipsi praestari qui in utero est.
Nor does it matter whether she has a dowry from which she can support herself, because what is thus provided is deemed to be provided to the one who is in the womb itself.
§37.9.5.1Curator uentri datus soluendi debiti rationem habere debet, utique eius, quod sub poena aut pignoribus pretiosis debetur.
The curator appointed for the womb must take account of paying the debt, especially of that which is owed under a penalty or valuable pledges.

Notes

  1. §37.9.5.prquia uidentur quae ita praestantur ipsi praestari qui in utero est — This is a personal passive construction (nominativus cum infinitivo) with quae (neuter plural nominative) as the subject. quae... praestantur (what is thus provided) is the subject of uidentur praestari (are deemed to be provided). ipsi (dative) depends on praestari and is the antecedent of the relative pronoun qui (masculine singular nominative). The masculine singular is used because it refers specifically to the unborn child in the womb.
  2. §37.9.5.1soluendi debiti rationem habere — soluendi debiti is a gerundive genitive modifying the noun rationem. Literally 'to have account of paying the debt,' meaning to take into consideration or make provision for the payment of the debt.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.9.5.pr-37.9.5.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.9.5.pr-37.9.5.1

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