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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.2.11.pr

Manumission Under Twenty and Kinship as Just Cause

Passage 6331 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage describes the family relationships that are accepted as legitimate causes of manumission when the manumitter is under twenty years of age.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto de officio proconsulis. ] §40.2.11.prSi minor annis uiginti manumittit, huiusmodi solent causae manumissionis recipi: si filius filiaue frater sororue naturalis sit
[ULPIAN, in the sixth book On the Office of Proconsul.] If a person under twenty years of age manumits, causes of manumission of the following kind are accustomed to be accepted: if the person is a natural son, daughter, brother, or sister.

Notes

  1. §40.2.11.prannis uiginti — An ablative of comparison dependent on the comparative minor, literally meaning "than twenty years". The phrase minor annis uiginti refers to a person under twenty years of age.
  2. §40.2.11.prnaturalis sit — The subject of the subjunctive present sit is the slave who is to be manumitted. The adjective naturalis ("natural", "by blood") indicates a biological or blood relationship, as opposed to a formal civil-law status, between the master and the slave.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.2.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.2.11.pr

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