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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.1.16.pr

Annual Legacy and Maintenance for a Slave Conditionally Freed

Passage 4943 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the case of a slave to be freed after ten years with an annual legacy left to him, the legacy is due for the period after his manumission, while the heir is obligated to provide maintenance during the interim period.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Neratium. ] §33.1.16.prSeruus post decem annos liber esse iussus est legatumque ei ex die mortis domini in annos singulos relictum est.
[PAULUS, book three on Neratius.] A slave was ordered to be free after ten years, and a legacy was left to him every year from the day of the master's death.
eorum quidem annorum, quibus iam liber erit, legatum debebitur: interim autem heres ei alimenta praestare compellitur.
The legacy will indeed be due for those years in which he will already be free; in the meantime, however, the heir is compelled to provide maintenance to him.

Notes

  1. §33.1.16.prliber esse iussus est — A standard testamentary formula for ordering manumission, employing the Nominative with Infinitive construction with the passive verb `iussus est`, where the grammatical subject `Seruus` also serves as the logical subject of `liber esse`.
  2. §33.1.16.preorum quidem annorum — The genitive `eorum... annorum` is a genitive of reference or limitation depending on `legatum` (literally, 'the legacy of those years'). It is modified and restricted by the following relative clause `quibus iam liber erit`.

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