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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.14.pr

Unconditional Freedom and Conditional Appointment as Heir

Passage 6362 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the legal opinion that when a slave is appointed free unconditionally but heir under a condition, he still obtains freedom even if the condition fails.

[IDEM libro octauo disputationum. ] §40.4.14.prCum seruus pure liber scribitur et heres sub condicione, placet deficiente condicione habere eum libertatem.
[THE SAME in the eighth book of disputations.]\n\nWhen a slave is appointed free unconditionally and heir under a condition, it is held that, if the condition fails, he has his freedom.

Notes

  1. §40.4.14.prpure — A legal technical term meaning 'unconditionally' or 'without any condition', placed in contrast with 'sub condicione'.
  2. §40.4.14.prdeficiente condicione — An ablative absolute construction, meaning 'the condition failing' or 'when the condition is not fulfilled'.
  3. §40.4.14.pret heres sub condicione — An elliptical structure sharing the preceding verb 'scribitur', representing the situation where the slave is appointed under two different statuses simultaneously.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.4.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.4.14.pr

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