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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.43.pr

Formal Requirements for Direct and Fideicommissary Freedoms

Passage 6391 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that direct manumissions are validly granted only by a will or by confirmed codicils, whereas fideicommissary manumissions can also be left on intestacy or by unconfirmed codicils.

[MODESTINUS libro singulari de manumissionibus. ] §40.4.43.prLibertates directae et testamento et codicillis testamento confirmatis recte dantur, fideicommissae et ab intestato et codicillis non confirmatis relinqui possunt.
[MODESTINUS in the single book on manumissions.] Direct freedoms are validly given both by a will and by codicils confirmed by a will; trust freedoms can be left both on intestacy and by codicils not confirmed [by a will].

Notes

  1. §40.4.43.prlibertates directae... fideicommissae — Contrast between libertates directae (direct manumissions granted directly by the testator) and [libertates] fideicommissae (fideicommissary manumissions entrusted to an heir or legatee). In the second clause, the noun libertates is omitted and must be supplied from the context.
  2. §40.4.43.prab intestato — Meaning 'from an intestate' or 'on intestacy'. This refers to a situation where an intestate heir is charged with a fideicommissum (trust) to manumit a slave.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.4.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.4.43.pr

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