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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.5.23.pr

Rights Over Slaves Denied Freedom Against the Will

Passage 5772 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that those whose legacies or virile portions were preserved by the Divine Pius shall have no rights from slaves who failed to gain freedom due to the acceptance of possession of goods contrary to the will.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro tertio iuris epitomarum. ] §37.5.23.prHi, quibus uel relictum uel uirilem diuus Pius conseruari constituit, ex seruis, qui libertatem propter bonorum possessionem contra tabulas acceptam consequi non potuerunt, nihil habebunt.
[HERMOGENIANUS, book three of the Epitomes of Law.] Those for whom the Divine Pius decreed that either what was left to them or a virile portion should be preserved, shall have nothing from the slaves who could not obtain their freedom on account of the possession of goods contrary to the provisions of the will having been accepted.

Notes

  1. §37.5.23.pruirilem — The feminine accusative singular form of the adjective uirilis ("of a man", "manly"), with the noun partem ("share", "portion") understood. In legal contexts, pars uirilis refers to an equal share or a virile portion.
  2. §37.5.23.prpropter bonorum possessionem contra tabulas acceptam — A dominant participle construction (ab urbe condita construction) where the preposition propter governs the noun bonorum possessionem modified by the perfect passive participle acceptam. It is translated as "on account of the possession of goods... having been accepted" rather than "on account of the accepted possession of goods."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.5.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.5.23.pr

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