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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.10.5.pr

Adoption after Emancipation or Death and Fraternal Status

Passage 6047 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents Arrianus' opinion on whether brotherhood exists between an emancipated natural son and a newly adopted son, and whether a son adopted after the death of a natural son is deemed his brother.

[PAULUS libro sexto ad Plautium. ] §38.10.5.prSi filium naturalem emancipauero et alium adoptauero, non esse eos fratres: si filio meo mortuo Titium adoptauero, uideri eum defuncti fratrem fuisse Arrianus ait.
[PAULUS in his sixth book on Plautius.] Arrianus says that if I emancipate a natural son and adopt another, they are not brothers; but if, after the death of my son, I adopt Titius, he is deemed to have been the brother of the deceased.

Notes

  1. §38.10.5.prArrianus ait — The main verb `Arrianus ait` (Arrianus says) at the end of the sentence governs both accusative with infinitive (A.c.I.) constructions: `non esse eos fratres` in the first clause and `uideri eum... fuisse` in the second.
  2. §38.10.5.prfilio meo mortuo — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun `filio` (with the possessive adjective `meo`) and the perfect participle `mortuo`, expressing the temporal or conditional circumstance "after the death of my son" or "when my son has died."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.10.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.10.5.pr

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