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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.3.62.pr

Manumission of Dotal Slaves by Wife's Gift and Obligation

Passage 3654 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that if a husband manumits dotal slaves with his wife's consent and with her intent to make a donation to him, he is not liable for transferring to her any obligations imposed on the slaves due to their manumission.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo tertio ad edictum. ] §24.3.62.prQuod si uir uoluntate mulieris seruos dotales manumiserit, cum donare ei mulier uoluit, nec de libertatis causa impositis ei praestandis tenebitur,
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, book 33.] But if the husband, with the consent of the wife, manumitted the dotal slaves, since the wife wished to make a donation to him, he will not be held liable even for making over to her what was imposed by reason of their manumission.

Notes

  1. 24.3.62.prcum donare ei mulier uoluit — The pronoun ei refers to the husband (uir). Although donations between spouses are generally prohibited, exceptions are allowed regarding the benefits arising from the manumission of slaves.
  2. 24.3.62.prde libertatis causa impositis ei praestandis — A gerundive construction governed by de. impositis is a neuter plural participle used substantively, referring to the obligations imposed on the slaves by reason of their manumission. The dative ei refers to the wife (mulier), depending on praestandis to mean "to be made over to her."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §24.3.62.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:24.3.62.pr

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