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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.36.pr

Invalidity of Partnership for Manumission with a Patron

Passage 5921 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Citing Labeo, Ulpian states that it is clear that a partnership contracted between a freedman and a patron for the sake of manumission is void ipso jure.

[ULPIANUS libro undecimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §38.1.36.prLabeo ait libertatis causa societatem inter libertum et patronum factam ipso iure nihil ualere palam esse.
[ULPIANUS, in his eleventh book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] says that it is clear that a partnership entered into between a freedman and a patron for the sake of manumission is of no effect by operation of law.

Notes

  1. §38.1.36.prsocietatem inter libertum et patronum factam ipso iure nihil ualere palam esse — This is a double accusative with infinitive construction, where the accusative with infinitive clause "societatem... nihil ualere" functions as the subject of "palam esse" (that it is clear), which in turn is the object of the verb "ait" (Labeo says).
  2. §38.1.36.prlibertatis causa — The postposition "causa" with the genitive "libertatis" means "for the sake of manumission" or "on the occasion of manumission," referring to a partnership agreed upon as a condition for the slave's release.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.1.36.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.1.36.pr

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