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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.33.pr

Prohibition of Imposing Services Forcing Self-Maintenance

Passage 5918 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that a patron cannot impose services on a freedman in such a manner that the freedman is forced to maintain himself.

[IAUOLENUS libro sexto ex Cassio. ] §38.1.33.prImponi operae ita, ut ipse libertus se alat, non possunt.
[IAVOLENUS, in his sixth book on Cassius.] Services cannot be imposed in such a way that the freedman himself must support himself.

Notes

  1. §38.1.33.primponi operae ... non possunt — The subject is the plural nominative noun `operae` (services), which is construed with the passive infinitive `imponi` and the plural verb of possibility `non possunt` to express passive potentiality ("services cannot be imposed").
  2. §38.1.33.prita, ut ... alat — The correlation of the adverb `ita` and the `ut` clause with the present subjunctive `alat` (from `alo`, "to support") expresses a restrictive condition or limitation ("on condition that..." or "in such a way that...").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.1.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.1.33.pr

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