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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.14.pr

Revival of Claims for Services upon Dissolution of Marriage

Passage 5899 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the consensus among jurists that services can be demanded once a freedwoman has ceased to be married.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro octauo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §38.1.14.prPlane cum desierit nupta esse, operas peti posse omnes fere consentiunt.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, in the eighth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] Clearly, nearly everyone agrees that once she has ceased to be married, services can be demanded.

Notes

  1. §38.1.14.prdesierit nupta esse — desierit is the third-person singular future perfect indicative (or perfect subjunctive) of desinere. The omitted subject is liberta (freedwoman) from the context of the preceding section, which agrees in gender and number with the subject complement nupta (married, feminine singular perfect participle of nubere).
  2. §38.1.14.properas peti posse — An accusative with infinitive construction acting as the object of consentiunt. The passive present infinitive peti depends on posse, meaning "that services (the accusative plural operas) can be demanded."

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