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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.14.15.pr

Forfeiture of Patronal Rights for Forcing an Oath

Passage 5865 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that anyone who, contrary to the Lex Aelia Sentia, compels a freedman to take an oath, forfeits all rights (patronal rights) for both themselves and their children.

[PAULUS libro octauo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §37.14.15.prQui contra legem Aeliani Sentiam ad iurandum libertum adegit, nihil iuris habet nec ipse nec liberi eius.
[PAULUS, in the eighth book on the Lex Iulia et Papia.] He who, contrary to the Lex Aelia Sentia, has compelled a freedman to take an oath, has no right, neither himself nor his children.

Notes

  1. §37.14.15.prcontra legem Aeliani Sentiam — The manuscript reading "Aeliani Sentiam" is understood as a corruption or variant of "Aeliam Sentiam" (referring to the Lex Aelia Sentia of 4 AD), which regulated manumission and restricted undue oaths imposed on freedmen.
  2. §37.14.15.prnihil iuris — iuris is a partitive genitive qualifying the neuter pronoun nihil, meaning "no right (under the law or as a patron)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.14.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.14.15.pr

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