[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo quarto ad edictum. ] §40.12.3.prAmplius puto naturalibus quoque hoc idem praestandum, ut parens filium in seruitute quaesitum et manumissum possit in libertatem uindicare.
[ULPIANUS on the Edict, Book Fifty-Four.] Furthermore, I think that this same thing should be granted to natural relatives as well, so that a parent can claim into freedom a son who was acquired in slavery and then manumitted.
§40.12.3.1Militi etiam pro necessariis sibi personis de libertate litigare permittitur.
A soldier also is permitted to litigate concerning freedom on behalf of persons closely related to him.
§40.12.3.2Cum uero talis nemo alius est, qui pro eo litiget, tunc necessarium est dari facultatem etiam matri uel filiabus uel sororibus eius ceterisque mulieribus quae de cognatione sunt uel etiam uxori adire praetorem et hoc indicare, ut causa cognita et inuito ei succurratur.
But when there is no other such person to litigate on his behalf, then it is necessary that the opportunity be given even to his mother, daughters, sisters, and other women who are of his cognate kin, or even to his wife, to approach the praetor and point this out, so that, after the case has been examined, relief may be granted to him even against his will.
§40.12.3.3Sed et si libertum meum uel libertam dicam, idem erit dicendum.
But also if I should assert that someone is my freedman or freedwoman, the same must be said.