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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.13.pr

Discharge by Delivering an Unspecified Slave to a Slave

Passage 4609 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It discusses the validity of the heir's discharge when an unspecified slave is bequeathed and the heir delivers a specific slave to the legatee's slave, provided that the legatee (master) consents or ratifies the transaction.

[IDEM libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §30.1.13.prCum incertus homo legatus tibi esset, heres Stichum seruo tuo tradidit.
[THE SAME, Book 4 on Sabinus.] When an unspecified slave had been bequeathed to you, the heir delivered Stichus to your slave.
Neratius respondit, si uoluntate domini tradidit uel ratum hoc dominus habuerit, perinde eum liberatum, atque si Stichus legatus esset.
Neratius replied that, if the heir delivered him with the consent of the master or the master ratified this, the heir was discharged just as if Stichus had been bequeathed.

Notes

  1. 30.1.13.princertus homo — Refers to "an unspecified slave," indicating that the legacy is a generic legacy (legatum generis) where the specific individual is not predetermined.
  2. 30.1.13.preum liberatum — An accusative with infinitive clause (with "esse" understood) in indirect speech, where the subject accusative "eum" refers to the heir ("heres") of the main clause. "liberatum" means discharged or released from the obligation.
  3. 30.1.13.prperinde ... atque si — Constructs a hypothetical comparison meaning "just as if," with the clause introduced by "atque si" taking the subjunctive imperfect ("esset") for a contrary-to-fact situation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.13.pr

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