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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.7.30.pr

Alienation by Heir of Slave Conditionally Freed

Passage 6501 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that a slave whose freedom is conditioned on the heir not alienating him can still be alienated by the heir, even though the slave is conditionally free.

[IDEM libro septimo ex uariis lectionibus. ] §40.7.30.prSi ita liber esse iussus sit 'Stichus, si eum heres non alienauerit, liber esto', etiamsi statuliber est, alienari tamen poterit.
[THE SAME, from the seventh book of Various Readings.] If a slave has been ordered to be free in this manner: "Let Stichus, if the heir does not alienate him, be free," even though he is a conditionally free slave, he can nevertheless be alienated.

Notes

  1. 40.7.30.prliber esse iussus sit — Although it can be read impersonally, in this context it is a personal passive construction with the slave (such as Stichus) as the subject, governing the infinitive 'liber esse' with a nominative complement.
  2. 40.7.30.prnon alienauerit — A future perfect verb, indicating that the heir's past omission (not having alienated the slave) at the time of the condition's fulfillment is the condition for freedom.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.7.30.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.7.30.pr

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