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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.5.18.pr

Public Interest in Dowry Recovery to Encourage Marriage

Passage 6967 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the reason why it is in the public interest for a woman to recover her dowry in full, so that she may marry when she reaches the appropriate age.

[PAULUS libro sexagesimo ad edictum. ] §42.5.18.pr(interest enim rei publicae et hanc solidum consequi, ut aetate permittente nubere possit)
[Paulus, on the Edict, book 60] (For it is in the interest of the public that she also obtain the full amount, so that, when her age permits, she may be able to marry.)

Notes

  1. §42.5.18.printerest enim rei publicae — The impersonal verb "interest" takes the genitive of the person concerned (rei publicae) and an infinitive clause (hanc solidum consequi) as its subject expressing the matter of concern.
  2. §42.5.18.prsolidum — The neuter accusative singular of the adjective "solidus" (whole, entire) used substantively, referring in this context to the full amount of the dowry.
  3. §42.5.18.praetate permittente — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun "aetas" and the present participle "permittens", expressing the condition or time "when age permits" (i.e., when she reaches marriageable age).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.5.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.5.18.pr

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