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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.43.pr

No Exemption for Freedmen Managing Senator's Children

Passage 3984 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text rules that a freedman of a senator is not excused from other guardianships even if he is administering the guardianship of that senator's children.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §27.1.43.prLibertus senatoris filiorum eius tutelam administrans ab aliis tutelis non excusatur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, from the second book of the Epitome of Law.] A freedman of a senator, although administering the guardianship of his children, is not excused from other guardianships.

Notes

  1. §27.1.43.pradministrans — The present participle in the nominative masculine singular, modifying the subject libertus. It is best understood as an adverbial participle expressing concession ('although administering') or negative cause ('he is not excused just because he administers').
  2. §27.1.43.preius — The genitive of the demonstrative pronoun is, referring back to senatoris, meaning 'the senator's (patron's) children'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.43.pr

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