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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.21.pr-28.5.21.1

Institution and Manumission of Slaves with Conditions

Passage 4200 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the disagreement between Trebatius and Labeo on the validity of a specific testamentary formula regarding the manumission and institution of a slave, and the granting of unconditional freedom along with a conditional inheritance to a slave.

[POMPONIUS libro primo ad Sabinum. ] §28.5.21.prTrebatius ait sic non recte scribi: 'quisquis mihi heres erit, Stichus liber et heres esto', liberum tamen futurum.
[POMPONIUS libro primo ad Sabinum.] Trebatius says that it is not correctly written thus: 'Whoever shall be my heir, let Stichus be free and heir', yet that he will be free.
Labeo et heredem eum futurum recte putat.
Labeo rightly thinks that he will also be an heir.
§28.5.21.1Seruo libertatem pure, hereditatem sub condicione dari posse uerissimum puto, ut tamen utrumque ex condicione pendeat:
I think it is most true that freedom can be given to a slave unconditionally, and an inheritance under a condition, provided, however, that both depend on the condition:

Notes

  1. §28.5.21.prliberum tamen futurum — An accusative with infinitive clause in indirect speech, where the subject accusative `eum` (referring to the slave Stichus) and the auxiliary `esse` are omitted. It is governed by `Trebatius ait` in the preceding sentence.
  2. §28.5.21.1ut tamen utrumque ex condicione pendeat — The conjunction `ut` introduces a restrictive or consecutive subjunctive clause, meaning "provided, however, that..." or "with the result that both...". It explains the legal effect that since the inheritance is conditional, the freedom (though given unconditionally) also practically depends on the fulfillment of that condition.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.21.pr-28.5.21.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.21.pr-28.5.21.1

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