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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.8.6.pr

Freedom of Pledged Slaves Bought on Terms of Release or Non-Prostitution

Passage 6519 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the granting of freedom to a mortgaged slave bought under the condition of manumission, and the same application when the condition against prostitution is violated.

[IDEM libro singulari ad formulam hypothecariam. ] §40.8.6.prSi quis obligatum seruum hac lege emerit, ut manumittat, competit libertas ex constitutione diui Marci, licet bona omnia quis obligauerit, quae habet habiturusue esset.
[BY THE SAME AUTHOR, from the single book on the Hypothecary Formula.] If anyone buys a mortgaged slave under the condition that he should manumit him, freedom is competent under the constitution of the divine Marcus, even though a person has pledged all the property which he has or shall have.
tantundem dicendum est et si hac lege emerit, ne prostituatur, et prostituerit.
The same must be said also if he bought the slave under the condition that she should not be prostituted, and he did prostitute her.

Notes

  1. §40.8.6.prhac lege — Refers to a "condition" or "term" in a contract of sale (lex venditionis). Here, it indicates the conditional term of sale regarding the manumission or the prohibition of prostitution of the slave.
  2. §40.8.6.prlicet... obligauerit — Indicates that even if a general mortgage (pledge of all present and future assets) was established, the favor of liberty (favor libertatis) and the imperial constitution override the creditor's security rights.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.8.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.8.6.pr

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