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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.12.pr-40.4.12.3

Conditions of an Oath for Freedom and Edictal Remission

Passage 6360 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage discusses the general rule that a condition of an oath cannot be remitted by a praetorian edict, while presenting exceptions where the condition is remitted under specific circumstances such as unconditional grant of freedom or manumission during the testator's lifetime.

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo ad edictum. ] §40.4.12.prSi quis libertatem sub iurisiurandi condicione reliquerit, edicto praetoris locus non erit, ut iurisiurandi condicio remittatur, et merito: nam si quis remiserit condicionem libertatis, ipsam libertatem impedit, dum competere aliter non potest, quam si paritum fuerit condicioni.
[ULPIANUS in the fiftieth book on the edict.] If anyone leaves freedom under the condition of an oath, there will be no place for the praetor's edict so that the condition of the oath is remitted, and rightly so: for if anyone remits the condition of freedom, he hinders freedom itself, since it cannot otherwise apply than if the condition has been complied with.
§40.4.12.1Proinde et si legatum quis cum libertate acceperit, non aliter legatum habebit, nisi condicioni iurisiurandi paruerit.
Accordingly, even if someone has received a legacy along with freedom, he will not otherwise have the legacy unless he complies with the condition of the oath.
§40.4.12.2Sed si pure libertatem acceperit, legatum sub iurisiurandi condicione, putat Iulianus libro trigensimo primo digestorum remitti ei condicionem iurisiurandi.
But if he has received freedom unconditionally, and a legacy under the condition of an oath, Julianus thinks in the thirty-first book of the digests that the condition of the oath is remitted for him.
§40.4.12.3Idem puto dicendum et si libertati quoque iniecta condicio sit, sed testator eum uiuus manumiserit: nam et hic condicio legati remittetur.
I think the same must be said even if a condition was also imposed on the freedom, but the testator manumitted him while alive: for in this case too the condition of the legacy will be remitted.

Notes

  1. 40.4.12.prut iurisiurandi condicio remittatur — This clause functions as a noun clause (with subjunctive present passive) explaining the content or the effect of the 'edicto praetoris'.
  2. 40.4.12.prdum competere aliter non potest — The conjunction 'dum' is used here not in a temporal sense, but in a causal or restrictive sense meaning 'since' or 'as long as'.
  3. 40.4.12.2pure — An adverb used in a technical legal sense meaning 'unconditionally' or 'purely', contrasted with 'sub condicione'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.4.12.pr-40.4.12.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.4.12.pr-40.4.12.3

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