- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
Continuing from the previous section, the author explains that the return of a slave under the curule aediles' edict is not considered an alienation to alter a trial, unless it is done solely for that purpose when it otherwise would not have occurred.
[PAULUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium.]
[PAULUS, On the Edict of the Curule Aediles, Book I]
quia redhibito homine1 omnia retro aguntur: et ideo non uidetur iudicii mutandi causa alienare qui redhibet: nisi si propter hoc ipsum redhibet non redhibiturus alias.2
because when the slave is returned, everything is reversed retroactively; and therefore he who returns a thing is not regarded as alienating for the purpose of changing the trial, unless he returns it for this very reason, when he would not otherwise have returned it.
- 4.7.9.prredhibito homine
An ablative absolute construction with a perfect passive participle. While "homo" broadly means "human," in the context of the redhibitory action (redhibitio) under the curule aediles, it specifically refers to a "slave" as the object of sale.
- 4.7.9.prnon redhibiturus alias
The future active participle "redhibiturus" is used with the adverb "alias" (otherwise) to express a conditional or hypothetical meaning ("when he would not otherwise have returned it").