[IDEM libro uicensimo secundo quaestionum. ] §29.7.12.prredemptis a sorore partibus.
[THE SAME, in his twenty-second book of Questions.] by the shares being bought back from the sister.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.7.12.pr
Purchasing a Sister's Share to Grant Freedom Alone
Summary
It indicates the means by which the son alone can provide the freedoms, namely by purchasing the inherited shares from his sister.
Notes
- §29.7.12.prredemptis a sorore partibus — This is an ablative absolute construction (partibus redemptis) modifying the infinitive "posse" at the end of the preceding fragment, indicating the means or condition. "a sorore" marks the source from whom something is bought back ("from the sister"). "partibus" (ablative plural of "pars") refers to the co-ownership shares in the slaves to be freed, which were inherited by the sister (the posthumous daughter).
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