[PAULUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §18.1.5.prquia difficile dinosci potest liber homo a seruo.
[PAULUS, in the fifth book on Sabinus.] because a free man can only with difficulty be distinguished from a slave.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.1.5.pr
Validity of Sale Due to Difficulty Distinguishing Freemen
Summary
It supports the validity of the purchase of a free man in ignorance, as stated in the previous section, by pointing out the practical difficulty of distinguishing a free man from a slave.
Notes
- §18.1.5.prdifficile — Used adverbially (in place of `difficiliter`) to modify the passive verb phrase `potest dinosci` ('can be distinguished'), where `liber homo` ('a free man') is the subject, meaning 'can be distinguished only with difficulty'.
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