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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.18.pr

Freedman's Self-Support in Service and Patron's Maintenance

Passage 5903 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Citing the opinion of Sabinus, it states that while a freedman must perform services at his own expense for food and clothing, the patron must provide maintenance if the freedman cannot support himself.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo ad edictum. ] §38.1.18.prSuo uictu uestituque operas praestare debere libertum Sabinus ad edictum praetoris urbani libro quinto scribit: quod si alere se non possit, praestanda ei a patrono alimenta:
[THE SAME, in the fortieth book on the Edict.] Sabinus writes in the fifth book on the Edict of the Urban Praetor that a freedman must perform services at his own expense for food and clothing; but if he cannot support himself, maintenance must be provided for him by his patron.

Notes

  1. §38.1.18.prsuo uictu uestituque — Ablative of means or attendant circumstances, meaning "at his own expense for food and clothing."
  2. §38.1.18.prpraestanda — A gerundive expressing necessity or obligation with the copula (sunt) omitted, agreeing with the neuter plural nominative "alimenta." The agent is expressed by "a patrono."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.1.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.1.18.pr

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