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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.7.9.pr

Redhibition of Slaves and Alienation to Alter a Trial

Passage 818 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Continuing from the previous section, the author explains that the return of a slave under the curule aediles' edict is not considered an alienation to alter a trial, unless it is done solely for that purpose when it otherwise would not have occurred.

[PAULUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium. ] §4.7.9.prquia redhibito homine omnia retro aguntur: et ideo non uidetur iudicii mutandi causa alienare qui redhibet: nisi si propter hoc ipsum redhibet non redhibiturus alias.
[PAULUS, On the Edict of the Curule Aediles, Book I] because when the slave is returned, everything is reversed retroactively; and therefore he who returns a thing is not regarded as alienating for the purpose of changing the trial, unless he returns it for this very reason, when he would not otherwise have returned it.

Notes

  1. §4.7.9.prredhibito homine — An ablative absolute construction with a perfect passive participle. While "homo" broadly means "human," in the context of the redhibitory action (redhibitio) under the curule aediles, it specifically refers to a "slave" as the object of sale.
  2. §4.7.9.prnon redhibiturus alias — The future active participle "redhibiturus" is used with the adverb "alias" (otherwise) to express a conditional or hypothetical meaning ("when he would not otherwise have returned it").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.7.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.7.9.pr

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