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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.2.6.pr

Manumission of a Common Slave by Co-Owners Under Twenty

Passage 6326 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author states that there is no doubt a common slave can be manumitted before the council by co-owners under twenty years of age, even if only one of the partners has proved the cause.

[IDEM libro secundo ad Urseium Ferocem. ] §40.2.6.prSeruus communis quin a minoribus uiginti annis dominis possit apud consilium manumitti, quamuis unus ex sociis causam adprobauerit, dubium non est.
[THE SAME, in the second book on Urseius Ferox.] There is no doubt that a common slave can be manumitted before the council by joint owners who are under twenty years of age, even if only one of the partners has approved the cause.

Notes

  1. §40.2.6.prquin ... possit — The `quin` clause with the subjunctive `possit` is introduced by the negative expression of doubt `dubium non est` (there is no doubt), which is a standard construction meaning "there is no doubt that...".
  2. §40.2.6.prminoribus uiginti annis dominis — The ablative noun `dominis` (owners), introduced by the preposition `a` (by), is modified by the comparative adjective `minoribus` (younger) taking the ablative of comparison `uiginti annis` (twenty years), meaning "by owners under twenty years of age."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.2.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.2.6.pr

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