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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.5.4.pr

Acquisition of Legal Status upon Manumission

Passage 756 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that when a slave is manumitted, they begin to have a legal status on that very day.

[MODESTINUS libro primo pandectarum. ] §4.5.4.prhodie enim incipit statum habere.
[MODESTINUS libro primo pandectarum.] For on that day he begins to have a status.

Notes

  1. §4.5.4.prhodie — The adverb hodie ('today') here does not refer to the historical present (Modestinus' own time), but rather means 'on that day' (the day of manumission) in connection with the preceding context. It explains that at the very moment of becoming free, a person begins to have a legal status.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.5.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.5.4.pr

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