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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.7.11.pr

Gifts by the Heir and Freedom of a Statuliber

Passage 6482 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Aristo's opinion on whether a conditionally free slave becomes free when the heir gives him money on the condition of returning it to secure freedom, versus when he makes an absolute gift.

[POMPONIUS libro quarto decimo ad Sabinum. ] §40.7.11.prSi heres pecuniam donasset statulibero, ut sibi eam daret et liber esset, non fieri liberum Aristo ait: sed si in plenum ei donasset, fieri liberum.
[POMPONIUS libro quarto decimo ad Sabinum.] Aristo says that if the heir has given money to a slave conditionally free on terms that the slave should give it to him and become free, the slave does not become free; but if the heir has made an absolute gift to him, he does become free.

Notes

  1. §40.7.11.prut sibi eam daret et liber esset — An ut clause with imperfect subjunctives daret and esset, expressing the purpose or condition of the gift (donasset), meaning "so that he should give it back to him (the heir) and become free." The reflexive pronoun sibi refers to the subject of the conditional clause, heres.
  2. §40.7.11.prin plenum — An adverbial phrase combining the preposition in with the accusative neuter singular of the adjective plenus, meaning "completely" or "unconditionally" (i.e., without any restriction or obligation to return it). It stands in contrast to the gift made on the condition of returning it (ut sibi eam daret...).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.7.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.7.11.pr

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