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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.104.pr

Extension of the Term Children to Grandchildren

Passage 8918 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the legal term 'children' extends to and includes grandchildren.

[IDEM libro secundo excusationum. ] §50.16.104.prἩ τῶν τέκνων προσηγορία καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐγγόνους ἐκτείνεται.
[THE SAME, On Excuses, book 2.] The term 'children' extends also to grandchildren.

Notes

  1. §50.16.104.prτῶν τέκνων — Genitive of definition or apposition modifying the noun προσηγορία ("appellation", "term"), meaning "the term 'children'".
  2. §50.16.104.prἐγγόνους — Accusative plural of ἔγγονος ("grandchild"). Used with the preposition ἐπί, it indicates that the legal interpretation of the term "children" extends to the generation of grandchildren (the second generation of descendants).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.104.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.104.pr

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