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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.5.7.pr-28.5.7.1

Manumission or Alienation of a Conditionally Instituted Slave

Passage 4186 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the validity of accepting an inheritance when a common slave, instituted heir under a condition, either obtains freedom during the testator's lifetime or is alienated.

[IULIANUS libro trigesimo digestorum. ] §28.5.7.prSi seruus communis sub condicione heres institutus uiuo testatore libertatem consecutus sit, etiam pendente condicione testamentariae libertatis adire hereditatem potest.
[IULIANUS libro trigesimo digestorum.] If a common slave instituted heir under a condition has obtained freedom during the lifetime of the testator, he can enter upon the inheritance even while the condition of testamentary freedom is pending.
§28.5.7.1Item siue testator eum alienauerit siue heres post mortem testatoris, iussu domini hereditatem adibit.
Likewise, whether the testator has alienated him, or the heir has alienated him after the death of the testator, he will enter upon the inheritance by order of his master.

Notes

  1. §28.5.7.pruiuo testatore — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the adjective 'uiuo' and the noun 'testatore', meaning 'while the testator is/was alive'.
  2. §28.5.7.prpendente condicione — An ablative absolute construction with the present participle 'pendente' and the noun 'condicione', meaning 'while the condition is pending'. The genitive phrase 'testamentariae libertatis' modifies 'condicione'.
  3. §28.5.7.1siue heres post mortem testatoris — A coordinate clause contrasting with the preceding 'siue testator eum alienauerit'. The verb 'alienauerit' and the object pronoun 'eum' are omitted as they are understood from the context.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.5.7.pr-28.5.7.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.5.7.pr-28.5.7.1

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