Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.2.9.pr

Loss of Possession by a Child Sues to Re-enslave Freedman

Passage 5945 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Establishes that a person who has sued to reduce his father's freedman to slavery is barred from claiming the possession of goods even in the capacity of a child.

[PAULUS libro quadragensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §38.2.9.prQui in seruitutem libertum paternum petierit, nec nomine liberorum bonorum possessionem accipere potest.
[PAULUS from the forty-second book on the edict.] He who has sued to reduce his father's freedman to slavery cannot receive the possession of goods even under the name of children.

Notes

  1. 38.2.9.prpetierit — Third-person singular future perfect (or perfect subjunctive) of the verb petere ('to seek', 'to sue'), forming a conditional clause with the relative pronoun qui ('whoever has sued').
  2. 38.2.9.prnomine liberorum — Meaning 'in the name of children' or 'in the capacity of children'. It indicates that the right to claim the possession of goods (bonorum possessio) is barred even if the person claims it under the entitlement of being the patron's child rather than as the patron himself.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.2.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.2.9.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.