[IDEM libro singulari ad senatus consultum Silanianum. ] §29.5.7.pret in libertos extraordinarium auxilium habebit.
[THE SAME, in his single book on the Senatus Consultum Silanianum] And against freedmen, he will have extraordinary relief.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.5.7.pr
Extraordinary Relief against Freedmen in Attempted Attacks
Summary
Explains that while a master who was attacked but not killed can punish his slaves himself, he will receive extraordinary relief against freedmen.
Notes
- §29.5.7.prin libertos — The preposition in with the accusative here denotes the object of the legal action or measure ("against freedmen"). Since freedmen, unlike slaves, were not subject to the master's private power of punishment (animadversio), they are treated as the object of public legal relief.
- §29.5.7.prextraordinarium auxilium — Refers to "extraordinary relief (or assistance)" granted outside the ordinary civil procedure (ordo iudiciorum privatorum) through the discretionary power of a magistrate (such as a praetor).
- §29.5.7.prhabebit — Third-person singular active indicative future. Although the subject is omitted, it continues from the previous fragment (§29.5.6.3), referring to the "master (dominus) who was attacked but not killed."
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.5.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.5.7.pr
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