[IDEM libro trigensimo ad Quintum Mucium. ] §38.16.12.prFilius patri adgnatus proximus est.
[THE SAME, from the thirtieth book on Quintus Mucius.] A son is the nearest agnate to his father.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.16.12.pr
The Son as the Closest Agnate to the Father
Summary
Briefly declares that a son is the closest agnate (patrilineal relative) to his father.
Notes
- §38.16.12.prpatri — Dative of reference, depending on the superlative adjective proximus (or the phrase adgnatus proximus as a whole), indicating "to the father."
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.16.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.16.12.pr
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