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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.33.pr

Invalidity of Granting Freedom for a Limited Time

Passage 6381 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states the fundamental principle that a grant of freedom to a slave cannot be made subject to a limited period or temporary condition.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo quaestionum. ] §40.4.33.prLibertas ad tempus dari non potest,
[PAULUS in the twelfth book of Questions.] Freedom cannot be given for a limited time,

Notes

  1. §40.4.33.prad tempus — Consisting of the preposition 'ad' and the accusative 'tempus', meaning 'for a limited time' or 'subject to a period'. This expresses the Roman legal principle of the indivisibility and permanence of freedom (libertas), which prevents a manumission from being restricted by a resolutive time limit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.4.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.4.33.pr

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