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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.5.11.pr

Manumission under a Trust by a Ward and Tutor's Authority

Passage 6421 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that a ward cannot grant freedom to a slave under a trust without the authority of their tutor.

[MODESTINUS libro primo differentiarum. ] §40.5.11.prEx causa fideicommissi seruo libertatem dare sine tutoris auctoritate pupillus non potest.
[MODESTINUS, in the first book of Differences.] A ward cannot grant freedom to a slave under a trust without the authority of his tutor.

Notes

  1. §40.5.11.prex causa fideicommissi — An adverbial phrase consisting of the preposition ex ('on the basis of') and the ablative causa, with fideicommissi ('of a trust') in the genitive modifying causa. It explains the legal ground for the act of manumission and modifies the infinitive phrase libertatem dare.
  2. §40.5.11.prsine tutoris auctoritate — An ablative phrase introduced by the preposition sine ('without'). It modifies the predicate phrase dare non potest ('cannot grant') as a conditional modifier, indicating that the authority (auctoritas) of the tutor is required for a ward (pupillus) to perform an act of disposition that diminishes their property.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.5.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.5.11.pr

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