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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.19.pr

Allowance of Time for Freedman's Daily Subsistence

Passage 5904 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius points out that when demanding services from a freedman, even on the days he performs them, he must be allowed sufficient time to earn what is necessary for his support.

[GAIUS libro quarto decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §38.1.19.praut certe ita exigendae sunt ab eo operae, ut his quoque diebus, quibus operas edat, satis tempus ad quaestum faciendum, unde ali possit, habeat:
[GAIUS, in the fourteenth book on the Provincial Edict.] or at least, services must be demanded from him in such a manner that, even on those days on which he performs the services, he may have sufficient time to make a gain from which he can be supported:

Notes

  1. §38.1.19.prita ... ut ... habeat — The correlatives ita and ut introduce a clause of manner or limitation, meaning "in such a way that ... he may have." The subject of habeat in the ut clause is the freedman (libertus), understood from the context.
  2. §38.1.19.prunde ali possit — The relative adverb unde (from which, whereby) refers back to quaestum (gain) as its antecedent. The subjunctive possit is used to denote characteristic or purpose ("gain from which he can be supported").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.1.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.1.19.pr

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