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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.8.7.pr

Conditions for a Woman with Use to Receive Guests

Passage 1320 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment specifies that a woman holding the right of use can only receive a guest if that guest is someone who will dwell with her in an honorable manner.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §7.8.7.prNon aliter autem mulier hospitem recipere potest, quam si is sit, qui honeste cum ea quae usum habeat habitaturus sit.
[POMPONIUS, in the fifth book on Sabinus.] But a woman cannot receive a guest otherwise than if he is one who will dwell honorably with her who has the use.

Notes

  1. §7.8.7.prNon aliter... quam si — A conditional structure indicating a strong restriction, meaning "not otherwise... than if" or "only if."
  2. §7.8.7.prhoneste — An adverb meaning "honorably" or "decently." It requires that the cohabitation with the guest (hospes) be of a morally acceptable nature that does not compromise the reputation or virtue (honestas) of the woman holding the right of use.
  3. §7.8.7.pris sit, qui... habitaturus sit — The pronoun `is` with the relative clause `qui... habitaturus sit` is in the subjunctive `sit` because it is within the `si` clause. The verb in the relative clause, `habitaturus sit` (future active participle + subjunctive present of `esse`), is a subjunctive of characterization, describing the kind of person who is to dwell.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.8.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.8.7.pr

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