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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §28.7.21.pr

Institution of Slaves under the Condition of Freedom

Passage 4341 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Shows the difference in validity between appointing a slave belonging to another and one's own slave as heir under the condition "when he shall be free."

[CELSUS libro sexto decimo digestorum. ] §28.7.21.prSeruus alienus ita heres institui potest 'cum liber erit': proprius autem ita institui non potest,
[CELSUS, in the sixteenth book of his Digests.] A slave belonging to another can be appointed heir in this way: "when he shall be free"; but one's own slave cannot be so appointed,

Notes

  1. §28.7.21.prproprius — The noun "seruus" is understood from the preceding "seruus alienus", referring to "one's own slave". Such an appointment is invalid because a testator's own slave cannot be instituted as heir without a simultaneous grant of freedom.
  2. §28.7.21.prcum liber erit — The conjunction "cum" is used with the future indicative "erit", expressing an indefinite future condition or term ("when he shall be free").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §28.7.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:28.7.21.pr

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