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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.28.pr

Manumission Conditional upon No Codicillary Prohibition

Passage 6376 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that a manumission conditional upon not being forbidden in a codicil is equivalent to a standard conditional manumission (such as not ascending the Capitol), and notes that heirs can also be designated in this manner.

[IDEM libro singulari de iure codicillorum. ] §40.4.28.pr'Stichus, si codicillis eum non uetuero liberum esse, liber esto': sic est atque si diceret: 'Stichus, si in Capitolium non ascendero, liber esto': nam et heres sic institui potest.
[THE SAME in his single book on the law of codicils.] 'Let Stichus be free, if I do not forbid him by codicils to be free': this is the same as if he were to say: 'Let Stichus be free, if I do not ascend the Capitol': for an heir also can be instituted in this way.

Notes

  1. §40.4.28.pruetuero — The first-person singular future perfect indicative active of ueto (to forbid). In the conditional si clause, it denotes an action that must be completed before the main action (manumission) takes effect, though it is often translated using the present tense in modern languages.
  2. §40.4.28.pratque si — A comparative conjunction. The phrase "sic est atque si diceret" means "it is the same as if he were to say," followed by the subjunctive (here, the imperfect subjunctive diceret).
  3. §40.4.28.prliber esto — The third-person singular future imperative of sum. This is a formal, ritualistic expression traditionally used in testaments and statutes to convey a strict command or authorization.

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