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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.5.8.pr

Relief for Sons under Twenty-Five after Inquiry

Passage 6010 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It discusses the relief to be granted, after an investigation of the circumstances, to a son under paternal power who is under twenty-five years of age, in the case of money lent to him.

[IULIANUS libro uicensimo sexto digestorum. ] §38.5.8.prSed si minori quam uiginti quinque annis natu filio familias crediderit, causa cognita ei succurri debet.
[JULIAN in the twenty-sixth book of the Digests.] But if one has lent money to a son subject to paternal power who is under twenty-five years of age, he ought to be relieved after the case has been investigated.

Notes

  1. §38.5.8.prminori quam uiginti quinque annis natu — natu is an ablative of specification ("by birth") indicating age. The comparative minori (modifying filio) is followed by the conjunction quam and the ablative annis (ablative of comparison). This is a mixed construction combining minor followed by the ablative, and minor quam followed by the nominative/accusative.
  2. §38.5.8.prei succurri debet — The verb succurrere ("to relieve/help") governs the dative and can only be used impersonally in the passive. Therefore, the passive infinitive succurri is used impersonally ("relief to be given"), taking the dative ei ("to him") and functioning as the complementary infinitive with debet.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.5.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.5.8.pr

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