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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.15.8.pr

Rights of a Freedman's Heir against the Patron

Passage 5882 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the heir of a freedman possesses all the full rights of an outsider against the patron of the deceased freedman.

[PAULUS libro decimo ad edictum. ] §37.15.8.prIheres liberti omnia iura integra extranei hominis aduersus patronum defuncti habet.
[PAULUS, from the tenth book on the Edict.] The heir of a freedman has all the unimpaired rights of an outsider against the patron of the deceased.

Notes

  1. §37.15.8.prIheres — A textual corruption or typographical error in the manuscript for the nominative singular noun "Heres" (heir).
  2. §37.15.8.prextranei hominis — A possessive or qualitative genitive modifying "iura", referring to the rights held by an "outsider" (extraneus homo) who is free from any special status relationships like patronage.
  3. §37.15.8.prdefuncti — The genitive of the substantivized adjective "defunctus" (the deceased), referring to the deceased freedman and modifying "patronum".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.15.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.15.8.pr

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