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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §36.1.42.pr

Gender of Trust Beneficiary and Restitution to Slaves

Passage 5595 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In the restoration of a trust, it does not matter whether the recipient is male or female, and restoration can also be validly made to a slave with our consent or subsequent ratification.

[PAULUS libro secundo fideicommissorum. ] §36.1.42.prmulier an masculus: et ideo seruo quoque uoluntate nostra uel si ratum habuerimus restitui potest,
[PAULUS, On Trusts, Book II] whether a woman or a man; and therefore, by our will or if we have approved it, restoration can be made to a slave as well,

Notes

  1. §36.1.42.prmulier an masculus — An elliptical alternative indirect question continuing directly from "Nihil interest, cui nostro nomine restituitur..." in the preceding fragment (D. 36.1.41.2). In context, "mulier an masculus [sit]" (whether [the person] is a woman or a man) is understood.
  2. §36.1.42.prsi ratum habuerimus — "ratum habere" is a legal idiom meaning "to ratify" or "to approve". The verb form "habuerimus" is future perfect (either indicative or subjunctive), representing a condition temporally prior to the main clause verb "potest" (present).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §36.1.42.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:36.1.42.pr

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