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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.9.4.pr

Inclusion of Betrothed Couples and Parents in Relatives

Passage 8260 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the parents of a betrothed couple are included under the term "parents-in-law," just as the betrothed couple themselves are included under "sons-in-law" in the category of children.

[IDEM libro primo de publicis iudiciis. ] §48.9.4.prcum pater et mater sponsi sponsae socerorum, ut liberorum sponsi generorum appellatione continentur.
[THE SAME, On Public Judgments, Book 1] since the father and mother of a betrothed man and of a betrothed woman are included under the designation of parents-in-law, just as the betrothed couple are included under the designation of sons-in-law in the category of children.

Notes

  1. §48.9.4.prsponsi — The second 'sponsi' is the masculine nominative plural representing both 'sponsus' (betrothed man) and 'sponsa' (betrothed woman), serving as the subject of the 'ut' clause. Similarly, 'generorum', the genitive plural of 'gener' (son-in-law), representatively includes daughters-in-law ('nurus') as well.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.9.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.9.4.pr

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