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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §2.4.9.pr

Patronal Immunity of Those Manumitting Under a Trust

Passage 273 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Specifies that a person who manumits a slave on account of a fideicommissum enjoys the patronal privilege of not being summoned to court by the freed slave, even if they themselves can be summoned to compel the manumission.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad edictum. ] §2.4.9.prIs quoque, qui ex causa fideicommissi manumittit, non debet in ius uocari, quamnis ut manumittat, in ius uocetur.
[PAUL, in the fourth book on the Edict.] also, who manumits on account of a fideicommissum, ought not to be summoned to court, although he may be summoned to court in order to manumit.

Notes

  1. §2.4.9.prex causa fideicommissi — Meaning "on account of a fideicommissum" (trust). This refers to a case where an heir or another party manumits a slave to fulfill a testamentary trust imposed by the deceased.
  2. §2.4.9.prquamnis ut manumittat, in ius uocetur — quamnis (concessive) is followed by the present subjunctive passive uocetur. The clause ut manumittat depends on uocetur, expressing either purpose ("in order to manumit") or a request/compulsion ("that he manumit"), referring to the possibility that the heir himself might be summoned to court to compel the execution of the fideicommissum.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §2.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.4.9.pr

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