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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.14.2.pr

Prohibition of Patrons Barring Freedmen from Lawful Business

Passage 5852 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that patrons have no right to prohibit their freedmen from engaging in any lawful business activity.

[ULPIANUS libro primo opinionum. ] §37.14.2.prLiberti homines negotiatione licita prohiberi a patronis non debent.
[ULPIANUS, in the first book of Opinions.] Freedmen ought not to be prohibited by their patrons from engaging in lawful business.

Notes

  1. 37.14.2.prnegotiatione licita — An ablative of separation functioning as the complement of the verb prohibere (here in the passive infinitive prohiberi), indicating the activity from which they are barred.
  2. 37.14.2.prLiberti homines — The noun homines is qualified by liberti, used attributively or in apposition, emphasizing their status as freed individuals.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.14.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.14.2.pr

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