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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.197.pr

Consideration of Legality and Morality in Marriage

Passage 9257 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the principle that in marriages, one must always consider not only what is legally permissible but also what is morally honorable.

[IDEM libro singulari de ritu nuptiarum. ] §50.17.197.prSemper in coniunctionibus non solum quid liceat considerandum est, sed et quid honestum sit.
[THE SAME, in his single book on the Rite of Marriage.] In marriages, one must always consider not only what is lawful, but also what is honorable.

Notes

  1. §50.17.197.prconiunctionibus — Ablative plural of coniunctio (union, connection). In this context, as indicated by the title of the work 'On the Rite of Marriage' (de ritu nuptiarum), it refers specifically to the union of man and woman, i.e., marriage.
  2. §50.17.197.prquid liceat ... quid honestum sit — These are indirect question clauses functioning as the subjects of the passive periphrastic verb considerandum est (expressing obligation/necessity). The verbs liceat and sit are in the subjunctive mood because they are in indirect questions introduced by the interrogative pronoun quid.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.197.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.197.pr

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