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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.8.5.pr

Conditions for a Father-in-Law Living with a Daughter-in-Law

Passage 1318 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a father-in-law may also dwell with his daughter-in-law, provided that the husband is present together with them.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §7.8.5.prImmo et socer cum nuru habitabit, utique cum uir una sit.
[PAULUS, in the third book on Sabinus.] Nay, even a father-in-law will dwell with his daughter-in-law, at all events when the husband is together with them.

Notes

  1. §7.8.5.prImmo — An adversative/intensive particle introducing a further clarification or qualification of Pomponius' opinion in the previous fragment that the woman would dwell with her father-in-law.
  2. §7.8.5.prutique cum uir una sit — The clause "cum uir una sit" with the subjunctive "sit" expresses the restriction or necessary condition under which the father-in-law may dwell with his daughter-in-law, meaning "at all events when the husband is together with them."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.8.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.8.5.pr

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