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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.5.31.pr-48.5.31.1

Father's False Accusation and Sixty-Day Calculation

Passage 8205 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a father cannot bring an action without facing the risk of calumnia (false accusation), and clarifies that in the calculation of the sixty days from divorce, the sixtieth day itself is included.

[PAULUS libro primo de adulteriis. ] §48.5.31.prPater sine periculo calumniae non potest agere.
[PAULUS, On Adultery, Book I.] A father cannot bring an action without the risk of false accusation (calumnia).
§48.5.31.1Sexaginta dies a diuortio numerantur: in diebus autem sexaginta et ipse sexagensimus est.
Sixty days are computed from the divorce; and in these sixty days, the sixtieth day itself is also included.

Notes

  1. §48.5.31.pragere — The verb 'agere' here refers to bringing a legal action, specifically initiating a prosecution for adultery. It indicates that even a father is not immune to criminal liability for false accusation (calumnia).
  2. §48.5.31.1et ipse sexagensimus est — The conjunction 'et' is used adverbially to mean 'also', and 'ipse' emphasizes the subject 'the sixtieth [day]' (sexagensimus). It clarifies that in the calculation of the period, the final day (the sixtieth day) is included within those days.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.5.31.pr-48.5.31.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.5.31.pr-48.5.31.1

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