LEGAL NATURE AND FORM OF BETROTHAL IN ROMAN LAW

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Keywords:

Roman law, Marriage (matrimonium), Betrothal (sponsalia), Stipulation (sponsio)

Abstract

Betrothal is most often defined as an announcement or promise by the fiancés that they will get married in the future. Depending on the social and historical moment, Roman legislators, lawyers and emperors gave it various features and implications for the life of future newlyweds. In the paper, the author analyzes the evolution of betrothal from archaic to post-classical Roman law, more precisely until 380, and considers the issues of its legal nature, the form in which it had to be concluded, the existence of a deadline in which the betrothed had to get married, as well as whether the fiancé and fiancée could be forced to marry.

The paper uses the linguistic, systemic and historical interpretation of the texts: Ad Aeneidem commentarii X 79, De lingua latina 6.69–72, C.Th.3.5.4–5, D.23.1.9, D.23.1.17, D.24.2.2.2, D.45.1.121.1, C.5.1.1, C.5.17.2. and historical method.

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