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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.51.pr

Scope of Ascendants Included in the Term Parent

Passage 8865 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Based on Gaius' text, this section defines that the legal term 'parent' applies to all lineal ascendants of both sexes, including grandparents and great-grandparents.

[GAIUS libro uicensimo tertio ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.16.51.prAppellatione 'parentis' non tantum pater, sed etiam auus et proauus et deinceps omnes superiores continentur: sed et mater et auia et proauia.
[GAIUS, on the Provincial Edict, book 23.] Under the term 'parent' are included not only the father, but also the grandfather, the great-grandfather, and successively all ancestors; but also the mother, the grandmother, and the great-grandmother.

Notes

  1. §50.16.51.prAppellatione — An ablative of means or specification, meaning "under the designation of" or "by the term of", modifying the verb continentur.
  2. §50.16.51.prsed et — Corresponding to the non tantum ... sed etiam in the first part, this phrase introduces the female ascendants (mater, auia, proauia) with the verb continentur being understood from the previous clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.51.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.51.pr

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