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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.95.pr

Invalidity of a Trust Imposing Payment on a Freedman in Lieu of Services

Passage 4691 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses whether a trust asking a freedman for something in lieu of services is valid, concluding it is void because services cannot be imposed on such a freedman.

[ULPIANUS libro primo fideicommissorum. ] §30.1.95.prUidendum tamen est, numquid, si uice operarum rogauerit eum aliquid, debeat hoc fideicommissum ualere: quod nequaquam dicendum est, quia nec operae inponi huiusmodi liberto possunt nec impositae exiguntur, quamuis testator ita cauerit.
[ULPIANUS libro primo fideicommissorum.] It must, however, be considered whether, if the testator has asked him for something in lieu of services, this trust ought to be valid. This is by no means to be said, because services can neither be imposed on a freedman of this kind, nor, if imposed, are they exacted, although the testator has so provided.

Notes

  1. §30.1.95.pruice operarum — The ablative singular 'uice' of the noun 'vicis' (turn, stead) is used prepositionally with the genitive 'operarum' (services) to mean 'in place of services'. Here, 'operae' refers to the customary services that a freedman owes to his patron.
  2. §30.1.95.prrogauerit eum aliquid — A double accusative construction with the verb 'rogare' (to ask, request), taking both a person ('eum', referring to the freedman) and a thing ('aliquid') in the accusative. The implied subject is the testator.
  3. §30.1.95.prquod nequaquam dicendum est — A relative connection (relatio linking back to the previous sentence). The relative pronoun 'quod' refers to the entire preceding indirect question concerning the validity of the trust, meaning 'and this must by no means be said'.
  4. §30.1.95.primpositae — A perfect passive participle of 'imponere' (to impose), feminine plural nominative, modifying the implied subject 'operae' (services) from the preceding clause, functioning concessively ('even if they have been imposed').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.95.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.95.pr

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