Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.12.2.pr

Cognates' Slavery as Grounds for a Freedom Suit

Passage 6567 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that the right to litigate should be granted to cognates, as their slavery extends to one's own grief and injury.

[GAIUS ad edictum praetoris urbani titulo de liberali causa. ] §40.12.2.prquoniam seruitus eorum ad dolorem nostrum iniuriamque nostram porrigitur.
[GAIUS on the Edict of the Urban Praetor, under the Title on Liberty Cases.] For their slavery extends to our grief and injury.

Notes

  1. §40.12.2.prquoniam — This conjunction provides the logical ground for the rule in the preceding section (D.40.12.1.2) that the right to litigate should also be granted to cognates.
  2. §40.12.2.preorum — Genitive plural of the demonstrative pronoun, referring to the "cognates" (cognatis) in the preceding section (D.40.12.1.2). This reference arises because the compilators placed fragments from different jurists (Ulpian and Gaius) consecutively.
  3. §40.12.2.priniuriamque nostram — Here, "iniuria" carries not only the technical sense of "legal injury" or "wrongful act," but also the subjective nuance of "outrage" or "disgrace" caused by having a relative enslaved.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.12.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.12.2.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.