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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.2.33.pr

Loss of Patronal Rights for Failure to Support a Freedman

Passage 5969 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that if a patron fails to support his freedman, the Lex Aelia Sentia deprives him and his heirs of various rights arising from manumission, including imposed duties, inheritance, and the possession of goods.

[MODESTINUS libro singulari de manumissionibus. ] §38.2.33.prSi patronus non aluerit libertum, lex Aelia Sentia adimit eius libertatis causa imposita tam ei, quam ipsi ad quem ea res pertinet, item hereditatem ipsi et liberis eius, nisi heres institutus sit, et bonorum possessionem praeterquam secundum tabulas.
[MODESTINUS, in the single book on Manumissions.] If a patron has not supported his freedman, the Lex Aelia Sentia deprives him, as well as the person to whom that matter pertains, of the obligations imposed on account of his manumission, and likewise deprives him and his children of the inheritance, unless he has been instituted as heir, and of the possession of goods other than in accordance with the will.

Notes

  1. 38.2.33.primposita — Accusative neuter plural of the perfect passive participle of imponere (to impose), used substantively as the direct object of adimit. It refers to the duties, such as services (operae) or promises (promissa), imposed on the freedman on the occasion of manumission.
  2. 38.2.33.prtam ei, quam ipsi — Datives of separation (dativus adimi) governed by the verb adimit. Here, ei refers to the patron himself, and ipsi is qualified by the following relative clause (ad quem ea res pertinet).
  3. 38.2.33.prpraeterquam secundum tabulas — Modifies bonorum possessionem. It means possession of goods "other than" that in accordance with the will (secundum tabulas), such as possession contrary to the will (contra tabulas) or in intestacy (ab intestato).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.2.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.2.33.pr

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