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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.136.pr

Scope and Definition of Son-in-Law in Law

Passage 8950 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian clarifies the scope of the term "son-in-law" (gener), stating that it encompasses the husbands of granddaughters, great-granddaughters, and further female descendants, whether descended from a son or a daughter.

[IDEM libro quinto ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §50.16.136.pr'Generi' appellatione et neptis et proneptis tam ex filio quam ex filia editorum ceterarumque maritos contineri manifestum est.
[THE SAME, from the fifth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] It is manifest that the husbands of a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, and of the other female descendants, whether born of a son or of a daughter, are included under the term 'son-in-law'.

Notes

  1. 50.16.136.preditorum — Genitive plural masculine/neuter. Here it refers collectively to 'those born' (editi) of a son (ex filio) or of a daughter (ex filia), indicating that the husbands of the granddaughters or great-granddaughters born from them are included under the term.
  2. 50.16.136.prneptis — Genitive singular (the genitive of the feminine noun neptis has the same form). It modifies maritos (husbands) together with proneptis (genitive singular) and ceterarum (genitive plural).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.136.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.136.pr

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