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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.1.11.pr

Manumission of Conditionally Bequeathed Slaves by Heirs

Passage 6305 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that a slave bequeathed under a condition is not made free by the heir's manumission while the condition is still pending.

[IDEM libro sexagensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §40.1.11.prSeruum, qui sub condicione legatus est, interim heres manumittendo liberum non facit.
[THE SAME, in the sixty-fourth book on the Edict.] A slave who has been bequeathed under a condition, the heir, by manumitting in the meantime, does not make free.

Notes

  1. §40.1.11.printerim — Adverb. Here it refers to "in the meantime" or "for the interim period" until the condition attached to the legacy is fulfilled or fails.
  2. §40.1.11.prmanumittendo — Ablative of the gerund manumittere (to manumit), expressing means ("by manumitting").
  3. §40.1.11.prliberum facit — Form of double accusative construction with seruum as the direct object and liberum as the object complement. Combined with non facit, it means "does not make free" (i.e., the manumission is ineffective).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.1.11.pr

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