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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.10.5.pr

Freeborn Status of Ring Recipients and Patron Rights

Passage 6559 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Points out that a person who has obtained the privilege of rings is regarded as freeborn, yet their patron's right to their inheritance is not excluded.

[PAULUS libro nono ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §40.10.5.prIs, qui ius anulorum impetrauit, ut ingenuus habetur, quamuis in hereditate eius patronus non excludatur.
[BY PAULUS, from the ninth book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] He who has obtained the privilege of rings is regarded as freeborn, although his patron is not excluded from his inheritance.

Notes

  1. §40.10.5.prquamuis in hereditate eius patronus non excludatur — A concessive clause introduced by quamuis with the subjunctive excludatur ('although ... is not excluded'). It highlights the legal limitation of the privilege of rings (ius anulorum), which, unlike the full reinstatement of birth rights (restitutio natalium), does not abolish the patron's right to inheritance.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.10.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.10.5.pr

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