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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.2.10.pr

Manumission by Order of a Deaf, Mute, or Insane Father

Passage 6330 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It regulates that the son of a deaf or mute father can manumit a slave by his father's order, whereas the son of an insane father cannot.

[IDEM libro tertio regularum. ] §40.2.10.prSurdi uel muti patris filius iussu eius manumittere potest: furiosi uero filius non potest manumittere.
[THE SAME, in the third book of Rules.] The son of a deaf or mute father can manumit by his order; but the son of an insane father cannot manumit.

Notes

  1. §40.2.10.prfuriosi — The noun patris is omitted from the preceding clause and should be supplied, meaning "of an insane father," which is clear from the contrast with surdi uel muti patris.
  2. §40.2.10.priussu — Ablative singular of the noun iussus (order), indicating accordance or conformity (by the order of).

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