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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.30.pr

Institution of a Pledged Slave as Necessary Heir

Passage 4209 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A rescript of the Emperor Severus stating that a pledged slave can be made a necessary heir, provided that the master is prepared to satisfy the creditor beforehand.

[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo primo ad edictum. ] §28.5.30.prPignori obligatum seruum necessarium domino posse fieri imperator Seuerus rescripsit, ita tamen, si paratus sit prius creditori satisfacere.
[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo primo ad edictum.] The Emperor Severus wrote in a rescript that a slave who has been pledged can become a necessary heir to his master, provided, however, that he is prepared to satisfy the creditor beforehand.

Notes

  1. §28.5.30.prnecessarium — necessarium refers to necessarium heredem (necessary heir). In Roman law, a slave who is manumitted and instituted as heir in his master's will is a 'necessary heir' because he cannot refuse the inheritance. domino is a dative depending on necessarium.
  2. §28.5.30.prita tamen, si — ita tamen, si expresses a restrictive condition ('provided that', 'only if'). The subject of the subjunctive paratus sit is the master (testator), understood from the context (domino).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.30.pr

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