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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.4.23.pr

Permission for a Common Freedman to Summon a Patron

Passage 287 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a common freedman must obtain prior permission from the praetor to summon any of his patrons to court in order to avoid being penalized.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §2.4.23.prCommunis libertus licet plurium sit, debet a praetore petere, ut ei liceat uel quendam ex patronis in ius uocare, ne in poenam incidat ex edicto praetoris.
[MARCIANUS, in the third book of the Institutes.] A common freedman, even if he belongs to several patrons, must petition the praetor for permission to summon any of his patrons to court, so that he does not incur a penalty under the praetor's edict.

Notes

  1. §2.4.23.prlicet plurium sit — The conjunction `licet` expresses concession ("although", "even if") and takes the subjunctive `sit`. `plurium` is the genitive plural of the comparative `plus`, functioning as a genitive of possession or belonging referring back to `libertus` ("even if he is [the freedman] of several [patrons]").
  2. §2.4.23.pra praetore petere, ut — The verb `petere` ("to request", "to petition") takes the preposition `a/ab` with the ablative (`a praetore`) to indicate the person petitioned, and an object clause introduced by `ut` with the subjunctive (`ut... liceat`) to express the request.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.4.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.4.23.pr

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