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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.4.45.pr

Fulfilment of Disjunctive or Conjunctive Conditions for Freedom

Passage 6393 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that when freedom is granted under multiple conditions, fulfilling the easiest condition suffices if they are specified separately, but all conditions must be met if they are specified jointly.

[IDEM libro. ] §40.4.45.prQuod uolgo dicitur sub pluribus condicionibus data libertate leuissimam condicionem spectandam esse, ita uerum est, si separatim condiciones sint datae: quod si coniunctim datae sunt, nisi omnibus paruerit, liber non erit.
[THE SAME in the same book.] The common saying that, when freedom is granted under several conditions, the easiest condition is to be regarded, is true only if the conditions have been specified separately; but if they have been specified jointly, a person will not be free unless he has complied with them all.

Notes

  1. §40.4.45.prQuod uolgo dicitur — The clause introduced by the relative pronoun quod correlates with the adverb ita ("in such a manner, only in that case") in the main clause, functioning as the subject-like premise of the entire sentence.
  2. §40.4.45.prdata libertate — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun libertas and the perfect participle datus, expressing a conditional circumstance ("when freedom is granted" or "if freedom is granted").
  3. §40.4.45.prquod si — An idiomatic expression where the transitional relative pronoun quod is combined with the conditional conjunction si, introducing a new condition ("but if") while highlighting the contrast with the preceding statement.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.4.45.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.4.45.pr

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