[MODESTINUS libro octauo regularum. ] §38.17.3.prPatrem adoptiuum matri non obesse pleriquo probant.
[MODESTINUS in the eighth book of Rules.] Most jurists hold that an adoptive father does not stand in the way of the mother.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.17.3.pr
Absence of Prejudice to Mother's Rights from Adoptive Father
Summary
It succinctly states the consensus among jurists that the presence of an adoptive father does not prejudice the mother's rights.
Notes
- §38.17.3.prpleriquo — Considered a spelling variant or scribal error for plerique (most / many jurists), acting as the subject of probant.
- §38.17.3.prPatrem adoptiuum matri non obesse — An accusative-with-infinitve (AcI) construction serving as the object of probant. The verb obesse takes the dative (matri) and means 'to stand in the way of' or 'to prejudice'.
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