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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.10.6.pr

Hadrian's Rescript on Ring Privileges and Patron Rights

Passage 6560 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States the rescript of the Emperor Hadrian that a freedman who has obtained the privilege of rings is deemed freeborn, provided that the rights of his patron are preserved.

[ULPIANUS libro primo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §40.10.6.prLibertinus si ius anulorum impetrauerit, quamuis iura ingenuitatis saluo iure patroni nactus sit, tamen ingenuus intellegitur: et hoc diuus Hadrianus rescripsit.
[BY ULPIANUS, from the first book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] If a freedman has obtained the privilege of rings, although he has acquired the rights of free birth without prejudice to the right of his patron, he is nevertheless understood to be freeborn; and the divine Hadrian wrote this in a rescript.

Notes

  1. §40.10.6.prsaluo iure patroni — An ablative absolute meaning "without prejudice to the right of the patron." This corresponds to the provision in the preceding fragment (5.pr) "although his patron is not excluded from his inheritance," showing that while the privilege of rings grants the status of freeborn during life, it does not affect the patronal rights.
  2. §40.10.6.prnactus sit — The perfect subjunctive (from the deponent verb nanciscor with an active meaning) is used here because it is introduced by the concessive conjunction `quamuis`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.10.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.10.6.pr

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