[GAIUS libro primo de manumissionibus. ] §40.1.25.prIuris ratio efficit, ut infantibus quoque competat libertas.
[GAIUS, in the first book on Manumissions.] The reason of the law brings it about that freedom also belongs to infants.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.1.25.pr
Attribution of Freedom to Infants as a Legal Consequence
Summary
Explains that as a logical consequence of the law, freedom also belongs to infants.
Notes
- §40.1.25.prefficit, ut... competat — The verb efficit (3rd person singular present of efficere) takes ut with the subjunctive (here competat, 3rd person singular present subjunctive) to introduce a noun clause meaning 'brings it about that...' or 'results in...'. It expresses that, as a logical consequence of the subject iuris ratio (the reason of the law), the legal effect of freedom (libertas) belonging (competere) to infants (infantibus) is realized.
- §40.1.25.prinfantibus ... competat — The verb competere is used here intransitively in the sense of 'to belong to' or 'be available to' (referring to rights, etc.), and governs the dative infantibus to indicate the party to whom the right belongs.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.1.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.1.25.pr
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