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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.22.4.pr

Retention of Rights, Paternal Power, and Property by Relegated Persons

Passage 8442 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that those relegated to an island only have their movement restricted, while retaining all their rights, including paternal power, and generally their property.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo institutionum. ] §48.22.4.prRelegati in insulam in potestate sua liberos retinent, quia et alia omnia iura sua retinent: tantum enim insula eis egredi non licet.
[Marcianus, Institutes, Book II.] Those who are relegated to an island retain their children under their own power, because they also retain all their other rights; for they are merely not allowed to leave the island.
et bona quoque sua omnia retinent praeter ea, si qua eis adempta sunt: nam eorum, qui in perpetuum exilium dati sunt uel relegati, potest quis sententia partem bonorum adimere.
And they also retain all their property, except for such as has been taken away from them; for, by a sentence, one can deprive those who have been given into perpetual exile or relegated of a part of their property.

Notes

  1. §48.22.4.prinsula — Ablative case. Used with the verb egredi (to depart) to indicate the point of departure (ablative of separation), with the preposition ex being omitted.
  2. §48.22.4.preorum — Genitive pronoun. Serving as the antecedent of the relative clause qui..., it grammatically modifies partem bonorum (a part of the property). The core structure of the sentence is potest quis sententia partem bonorum eorum adimere (qui...) ('one can by a sentence deprive [them] of a part of the property of those who...').

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