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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.14.13.pr

Manumission of Peculium Slaves by Sons on Paternal Order

Passage 5863 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a son under paternal authority (filius familias) cannot independently manumit a slave belonging to his peculium, but can do so by order of his father, in which case the slave becomes the freedman of the father.

[IDEM libro primo pandectarum. ] §37.14.13.prFilius familias seruum peculiarem manumittere non potest.
[THE SAME, in the first book of the Pandects.] A son under paternal authority cannot manumit a slave who is part of his peculium.
iussu tamen patris manumittere potest: qui manumissus libertus fit patris.
However, by order of his father, he can manumit him; and he, having been manumitted, becomes the freedman of the father.

Notes

  1. §37.14.13.prfamilias — The word familias in the phrase filius familias is an archaic genitive singular form of the first-declension noun familia, modifying filius to mean 'a son under paternal authority'.
  2. §37.14.13.prqui manumissus — This is a relative connection (nexus relativus) where the relative pronoun qui, combined with the perfect passive participle manumissus, functions as the subject of the clause. It refers back to the slave mentioned in the previous sentence and means 'he, having been manumitted' or 'the person thus manumitted'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.14.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.14.13.pr

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