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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.5.17.pr

Validity of Trust Manumission Left to Discretion

Passage 6427 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states that a liberty left by a fideicommissum is validly given when the timing of the manumission is left to the discretion of the trustee by the words "when it shall seem good to you to manumit."

[CLAUDIUS ex libro uicensimo primo digestorum Scaeuolae. ] §40.5.17.pr'Cum tibi uisum fuerit manumittere' utiliter datur fideicommissa libertas.
[CLAUDIUS, from the twenty-first book of the Digests of Scaevola.] By the words, "When it shall seem good to you to manumit," a liberty left by a fideicommissum is validly given.

Notes

  1. §40.5.17.prCum tibi uisum fuerit manumittere — The phrase features the impersonal construction `uisum fuerit` (perfect or future perfect of `uideri`, meaning "to seem good or proper") with the infinitive `manumittere` ("to manumit") serving as the subject. `tibi` is the dative of reference or agent ("to you"). It indicates that a conditional fideicommissum leaving the timing of manumission to the discretion of the trustee is validly established by these words.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.5.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.5.17.pr

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