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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.12.11.pr

Status of Runaways Behaving as Free Persons

Passage 6576 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius points out that even if a person conducted himself as a free man during his flight, he is in the same legal position (i.e., not in the possession of freedom without bad faith) as the runaway slave previously discussed.

[GAIUS ad edictum praetoris urbani titulo de liberali causa. ] §40.12.11.prlicet fugae tempore pro libero se gesserit: dicemus enim eum in eadem causa esse.
[GAIUS, on the Edict of the Urban Praetor, under the title "On trials concerning freedom".] although during the time of flight he conducted himself as a free person; for we shall say that he is in the same position.

Notes

  1. §40.12.11.prlicet ... gesserit — The conjunction licet introduces a concessive clause ("although", "even if") and takes the subjunctive mood (here, gesserit, the third-person singular perfect active subjunctive).
  2. §40.12.11.prin eadem causa — Here causa refers to the "legal situation, status, or position". It means that the person is in the "same situation" (i.e., not deemed to be in a state of freedom without bad faith) as the fugitive slave discussed in the preceding passage of Ulpian (quoting Varus).

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.12.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.12.11.pr

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