[ULPIANUS libro quinto ad edictum. ] §2.4.10.prSed si hac lege emi ut manumittam, et ex constitutione diui Marci uenit ad libertatem: cum sim patronus, in ius uocari non potero.
[ULPIAN, in the fifth book on the Edict.] But if I bought someone on the condition that I should manumit him, and he attained freedom under the constitution of the divine Marcus: since I am his patron, I cannot be summoned to court.
sed si suis nummis emi et fidem fregi, pro patrono non habebor.
But if I bought him with his own money and broke faith, I shall not be regarded as his patron.
§2.4.10.1Prostituta contra legem uenditionis uenditorem habebit patronum, si hac lege uenierat, ut, si prostituta esset, fieret libera.
A woman forced into prostitution contrary to the law of sale will have the seller as her patron, if she had been sold under the condition that, if she were prostituted, she should become free.
at si uenditor, qui manus iniectionem excepit, ipse prostituit, quoniam et haec peruenit ad libertatem, sub illo quidem, qui uendidit, libertatem consequitur, sed honorem haberi ei aequum non est, ut et Marcellus libro sexto digestorum existimat.
But if the seller, who reserved the right of seizure, himself forced her into prostitution, since she also attains freedom, she indeed acquires freedom under him who sold her, but it is not just that respect should be paid to him, as Marcellus also thinks in the sixth book of his Digests.
§2.4.10.2Patronum autem accipimus etiam si capite minutus sit: uel si libertus capite minutus, dum adrogetur per obreptionem.
Moreover, we accept someone as a patron even if he has suffered a loss of status; or if a freedman has suffered a loss of status while being arrogated by fraud.
cum enim hoc ipso, quo adrogatur, celat condicionem, non id actum uidetur ut fieret ingenuus.
For since, by the very fact of being arrogated, he conceals his status, it does not seem to have been intended that he should become freeborn.
§2.4.10.3Sed si ius anulorum accepit, puto eum reuerentiam patrono exhibere debere, quamuis omnia ingenuitatis munia habet.
But if he received the right of wearing gold rings, I think he ought to show respect to his patron, although he has all the privileges of a freeborn person.
aliud si natalibus sit restitutus: nam princeps ingenuum facit.
It is otherwise if he is restored to his birthright: for the emperor makes him freeborn.
§2.4.10.4Qui manumittitur a corpore aliquo uel collegio uel ciuitate, singulos in ius uocabit: nam non est illorum libertus.
Anyone who is manumitted by some body, guild, or city may summon individuals to court; for he is not their individual freedman.
sed rei publicae honorem habere debet et si aduersus rem publicam uel uniuersitatem uelit experiri, ueniam edicti petere debet, quamuis actorem eorum constitutum in ius sit uocaturus.
But he ought to show respect to the state, and if he wishes to bring an action against the state or a corporation, he must seek the permission of the edict, although he is to summon their appointed agent to court.
§2.4.10.5Liberos parentesque patroni patronaeque utriusque sexu saccipere debemus.
We must include the children and parents of both a patron and a patroness, of either sex.
§2.4.10.6Sed si per poenam deportationis ad peregrinitatem redactus sit patronus, putat Pomponius eum amississe honorem.
But if a patron is reduced to the status of a foreigner through the punishment of deportation, Pomponius thinks he has lost this respect.
sed si fuerit restitutus, erit ei etiam huius edicti commodum saluum.
But if he is restored, the benefit of this edict will also be preserved for him.
§2.4.10.7Parentes patroni etiam adoptiui excipiuntur: sed tamdiu quamdiu adoptio durat.
Adoptive parents of a patron are also excepted, but only for as long as the adoption lasts.
§2.4.10.8Si filius meus in adoptionem datus sit, uocari a liberto meo in ius non poterit: sed nec nepos in adoptiua familia susceptus.
If my son is given in adoption, he cannot be summoned to court by my freedman; nor can a grandson adopted into the adoptive family.
sed si filius meus emancipatus adoptauerit filium, hic nepos in ius uocari poterit: nam mihi alienus est.
But if my emancipated son adopts a son, this grandson can be summoned to court; for he is a stranger to me.
§2.4.10.9Liberos autem secundum Cassium, ut in parentibus, et ultra trinepotem accipimus.
Furthermore, according to Cassius, we accept children, as in the case of parents, even beyond the great-great-great-great-grandson.
§2.4.10.10Si liberta ex patrono fuerit enixa, mutuo se ipsa et filius eius in ius non uocabunt.
If a freedwoman has given birth to a child by her patron, she and her son shall not summon each other to court.
§2.4.10.11Sin autem liberi patroni capitis accusauerunt libertum paternum uel in seruitutem petierunt, nullus eis honor debetur.
But if the children of a patron have accused the father's freedman of a capital crime or have claimed him as a slave, no respect is due to them.
§2.4.10.12Praetor ait: 'in ius nisi permissu meo ne quis uocet'. permissurus enim est, si famosa actio non sit uel pudorem non suggilat, qua patronus conuenitur uel parentes.
The praetor says: 'Let no one summon anyone to court without my permission.' For he is about to grant permission if the action is not famous or does not insult decency, by which a patron or parents are sued.
et totum hoc causa cognita debet facere: nam interdum etiam ex causa famosa, ut Pedius putat, permittere debet patronum in ius uocari a liberto: si eum grauissima iniuria adfecit, flagellis forte cecidit.
And he must do all this after an investigation of the case; for sometimes, as Pedius thinks, he ought to permit a patron to be summoned to court by a freedman even on an infamous action: if, for instance, he has inflicted a most severe injury upon him, perhaps by beating him with whips.
§2.4.10.13Semper autem hunc honorem patrono habendum, etsi quasi tutor uel curator uel defensor uel actor interueniat patronus.
Moreover, this respect must always be shown to a patron, even if the patron intervenes as a tutor, curator, defender, or agent.
sed si patroni tutor uel curator interueniat, impune posse eos in ius uocari Pomponius scribit et uerius est.
But if the tutor or curator of a patron intervenes, Pomponius writes, and it is more correct, that they can be summoned to court with impunity.