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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.15.14.pr-49.15.14.1

Two Forms of Postliminium, Sons and Marriage

Passage 8586 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains the two forms of postliminium, stating that a son's return involves the double grounds of his father's recovery and his own recovery of rights, and notes that marriage is restored by mutual consent rather than by the right of postliminium.

[POMPONIUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §49.15.14.prCum duae species postliminii sint, ut aut nos reuertamur aut aliquid recipiamus: cum filius reuertatur, duplicem in eo causam esse oportet postlimini, et quod pater eum reciperet et ipse ius suum.
[POMPONIUS, Book 3 on Sabinus] Since there are two types of postliminium, namely, that either we ourselves return, or we recover something: when a son returns, there must be a double grounds of postliminium in his case, both that the father recovers him, and that he himself recovers his own right.
§49.15.14.1Non ut pater filium, ita uxorem maritus iure postliminii recipit: sed consensu redintegratur matrimonium.
A husband does not recover his wife by the right of postliminium in the same way as a father recovers his son; rather, the marriage is renewed by mutual consent.

Notes

  1. §49.15.14.prut aut nos reuertamur aut aliquid recipiamus — The conjunction `ut` introduces an appositive noun clause that explains the preceding `duae species` in detail.
  2. §49.15.14.prquod pater eum reciperet et ipse ius suum — These clauses serve as appositive noun clauses (introduced by `quod`) explaining the details of `duplicem causam`. In the latter part `et ipse ius suum`, the verb (corresponding to `reciperet`) is elided. The imperfect subjunctive `reciperet` reflects the hypothetical or legally assumed state governed by the context.
  3. §49.15.14.1Non ut pater filium, ita uxorem maritus — A correlative construction comparing/contrasting two situations (`Non ut..., ita...`, "Not in the same way as... so..."). The verb equivalent to `recipit` is elided in the first clause `ut pater filium`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.15.14.pr-49.15.14.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.15.14.pr-49.15.14.1

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