[AFRICANUS libro tertio quaestionum. ] §5.1.77.prIn priuatis negotiis pater filium uel filius patrem iudicem habere potest:
[AFRICANUS, in the Third Book of Questions.] In private matters, a father can have his son, or a son his father, as a judge.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §5.1.77.pr
Fathers and Sons Serving as Judges in Private Suits
Summary
This section states that in private legal matters, a father can have his son, or a son his father, act as a judge.
Notes
- §5.1.77.priudicem habere — A double accusative structure where the verb `habere` takes an accusative object (`filium` or `patrem`) along with a predicative accusative (`iudicem`) as its complement, meaning "to have someone as a judge."
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