Ex libro II

Dig. 22,5,18Paulus libro secundo de adulteriis. Ex eo, quod prohibet lex Iulia de adulteriis testimonium dicere condemnatam mulierem, colligitur etiam mulieres testimonii in iudicio dicendi ius habere.

Paulus, On Adultery, Book II. Since the Lex Julia de Adulteriis prohibits a woman who has been convicted of adultery from testifying, it follows that even women have the right to give evidence in court.

Dig. 24,2,9Paulus libro secundo de adulteriis. Nullum divortium ratum est nisi septem civibus Romanis puberibus adhibitis praeter libertum eius qui divortium faciet. libertum accipiemus etiam eum, qui a patre avo proavo et ceteris susum versum manumissus sit.

Paulus, On Adultery, Book II. No divorce is valid unless it takes place in the presence of seven Roman citizens, who are of age, in addition to the freedman of the party who institutes proceedings for that purpose. We understand the freedman to be one who has been manumitted by the father, the grandfather, the great-grandfather, and other ascendants interested in the proceedings above mentioned.

Dig. 24,3,36Paulus libro secundo de adulteriis. Si maritus minus facere potest et dos publicata sit, in id quod facere potest fisco maritus condemnandus est, ne in perniciem mariti mulier punita sit.

Paulus, On Adultery, Book II. Where the husband is not pecuniarily able to pay the dowry and it is confiscated, judgment should be rendered against him in favor of the Treasury for the amount which he is able to pay, in order that the woman may not be punished to the injury of the husband.

Dig. 48,5,32Idem libro secundo de adulteriis. Quinquennium non utile, sed continuo numerandum est. quid ergo fiet, si prior mulier rea facta sit et ideo adulter eodem tempore reus fieri non potuit et diu tracta lite quinquennium transierit? quid si is, qui intra quinquennium quem postulaverat, non peregerit aut praevaricatus est et alius eundem repetere velit et quinquennium transactum sit? aequum est computationi quinquennii eximi id tempus, quod per postulationem praecedentem consumptum sit.

The Same, On Adultery, Book II. The term of five years should be reckoned continuously, and not merely by computing the available days. But what course must be pursued if the woman was accused first, and, as the adulterer could not be prosecuted at the same time, the case having been protracted for an extended period, the term of five years should expire? What if he who began the prosecution within five years did not carry it to a conclusion, or was guilty of prevarication, and another should desire to proceed after the five years have elapsed? It is just to deduct from the five years the time which was consumed by the preceding prosecution.

Dig. 48,18,8Paulus libro secundo de adulteris. Edictum divi Augusti, quod proposuit Vibio Habito et Lucio Aproniano consulibus, in hunc modum exstat: ‘Quaestiones neque semper in omni causa et persona desiderari debere arbitror, et, cum capitalia et atrociora maleficia non aliter explorari et investigari possunt quam per servorum quaestiones, efficacissimas eas esse ad requirendam veritatem existimo et habendas censeo’. 1Statuliber in adulterio postulari poterit, ut quaestio ex eo habeatur, quod servus heredis est: sed spem suam retinebit.

Paulus, On Adultery, Book II. The Edict of the Divine Augustus, which he published during the Consulate of Vivius Avitus and Lucius Apronianus, is as follows: “I do not think that torture should be inflicted in every instance, and upon every person; but when capital and atrocious crimes cannot be detected and proved except by means of the torture of slaves, I hold that it is most effective for ascertaining the truth, and should be employed.” 1The slave who is to be free under a condition may be subjected to torture, because he is the slave of the heir, but he will still retain his hope of freedom.

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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

De adulteriis libri

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