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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.1.28.pr

Permissibility of a Third Party's Slave Writing a Will

Passage 4118 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a slave, even if owned by another person, is permitted to write a will when ordered by the testator.

[MODESTINUS libro nono regularum. ] §28.1.28.prSeruus licet alienus iussu testatoris testamentum scribere non prohibetur.
[MODESTINUS in the ninth book of the Rules.] A slave, even though belonging to another, is not forbidden to write a will by order of the testator.

Notes

  1. §28.1.28.prlicet alienus — Here, licet functions as a concessive conjunction modifying the adjective alienus (belonging to another), forming a phrase meaning "even though [the slave is] another's."
  2. §28.1.28.prscribere non prohibetur — The passive verb prohibetur, negated by non, takes the active infinitive scribere as its object complement, meaning "is not forbidden to write." The grammatical subject of this construction is Seruus at the beginning of the sentence.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.1.28.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.1.28.pr

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