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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.2.23.pr

Prohibition of Son Novating Father's Action Without Consent

Passage 7644 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage rules that a son cannot novate his father's legal action without the father's knowledge.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ex Plautio. ] §46.2.23.prFilius patris actionem ignorante eo nouare non potest.
[POMPONIUS, On Plautius, Book 3.] A son cannot novate his father's action without his father's knowledge.

Notes

  1. §46.2.23.prignorante eo — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle ignorante and the pronoun eo in the ablative. The pronoun eo refers back to patris, acting as an adverbial phrase meaning "while he (the father) is unaware."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.2.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.2.23.pr

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