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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.8.pr

Revocation of Gift on Marriage Dissolution before Manumission

Passage 3518 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that in a donation conditional upon manumission, if the marriage is dissolved by death or divorce before the slave is manumitted, the donation is revoked.

[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §24.1.8.prSi, antequam seruus manumittatur, morte aut diuortio solutum fuerit matrimonium, resoluitur donatio: inesse enim condicio donationi uidetur, ut manente matrimonio manumittatur.
[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale.] If, before the slave is manumitted, the marriage is dissolved by death or divorce, the donation is revoked; for a condition seems to be implied in the donation that he should be manumitted while the marriage still subsists.

Notes

  1. 24.1.8.prinesse ... uidetur — The verb uidetur is used personally with condicio as its subject, taking the infinitive inesse, meaning "a condition seems to be inherent [in the donation]". The dative donationi depends on inesse.
  2. 24.1.8.prmanente matrimonio — An ablative absolute consisting of the present participle manente and the noun matrimonio, expressing the temporal circumstance or precondition "while the marriage still subsists".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.1.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.1.8.pr

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