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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.54.pr

Subsequent Flight of a Slave and Redhibitory Action

Passage 3070 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that there is no ground for a redhibitory action if a slave, who was purchased under good conditions and had no prior history of running away, runs away for the first time.

[PAPINIANUS libro quarto responsorum. ] §21.1.54.prActioni redhibitoriae non est locus, si mancipium bonis condicionibus emptum fugerit, quod ante non fugerat.
[PAPINIANUS in the fourth book of his Responses.] There is no room for a redhibitory action if a slave bought in good condition should run away, who had not run away before.

Notes

  1. §21.1.54.practioni redhibitoriae — Dative governed by the phrase "non est locus" (there is no room). The "actio redhibitoria" refers to the redhibitory action, by which a buyer could rescind a sale and demand a refund due to a latent defect in the purchased property (here, a slave).
  2. §21.1.54.prbonis condicionibus — Ablative of attendant circumstance or quality, modifying the perfect participle "emptum". It indicates that the slave was purchased in good condition or under fair terms.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.54.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.54.pr

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