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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.8.4.pr

Validity of Bequest of Under-Slaves upon Master Slave's Death

Passage 5093 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Specifies the continued validity of the bequest of under-slaves when they are bequeathed together with their master slave, even if the latter dies, is alienated, or is manumitted.

[GAIUS libro octauo decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §33.8.4.prSed et si cum uicariis suis legatus sit seruus, durat uicariorum legatum et mortuo eo aut alienato aut manumisso.
[GAIUS, from the eighteenth book on the provincial edict.]\n\nBut likewise, if a slave is bequeathed along with his under-slaves, the bequest of the under-slaves remains valid even if he dies, is alienated, or is manumitted.

Notes

  1. §33.8.4.pruicariis — A vicarius (under-slave) refers to a slave owned or managed by another slave as part of the latter's personal property (peculium).
  2. §33.8.4.pret mortuo eo aut alienato aut manumisso — The conjunction et functions here as an intensive adverb meaning "even", modifying the subsequent ablative absolute construction where eo refers back to seruus and agrees with the perfect participles mortuo, alienato, and manumisso.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.8.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.8.4.pr

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