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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.5.9.pr

Validity of Legacies and Manumissions upon Forfeiture

Passage 4555 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that when an estate is forfeited to the treasury due to an unavenged death, the action for legacies against the treasury and the manumissions of slaves exempted by the senatus consultum remain valid.

[GAIUS libro septimo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §29.5.9.prCum fisco caduca bona defuncti addicantur propter inultam mortem, in eum legatorum actio datur: et libertates ratae sunt eorum scilicet, qui senatus consulto excipiuntur.
[GAIUS, in his seventeenth book on the Provincial Edict.] When the property of a deceased person, having lapsed, is adjudged to the treasury because his death was not avenged, an action for legacies is granted against it (the treasury); and of course the grants of freedom remain valid in the case of those who are excepted by the senatus consultum.

Notes

  1. §29.5.9.prin eum — The masculine singular accusative pronoun 'eum' refers back to 'fisco' (from fiscus, a masculine noun) in the preceding clause. It indicates that the treasury is the party against whom the action for legacies is to be brought upon the confiscation of the estate.
  2. §29.5.9.preorum scilicet, qui senatus consulto excipiuntur — The genitive plural 'eorum', which is the antecedent of 'qui', refers to the slaves who were to be manumitted by the will. It signifies that the freedom (libertates) granted to innocent slaves who are 'exempted' (excipiuntur) from the general rule of executing all slaves under the senatus consultum (primarily the Senatus Consultum Silanianum) remains valid (ratae) despite the confiscation of the estate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.5.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.5.9.pr

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