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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.9.4.pr

Prohibition of Manumission of a Pledged Slave

Passage 6526 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that it is not legally possible to manumit a slave who has been given as a pledge.

[ULPIANUS libro tertio disputationum. ] §40.9.4.prSeruum pignori datum manumittere non possumus.
[ULPIANUS, from the third book of disputations.] We cannot manumit a slave given in pledge.

Notes

  1. §40.9.4.prpignori datum — The dative pignori of the noun pignus (pledge) is combined with datum, the perfect passive participle of dare (to give), functioning as a dative of purpose or end, meaning "given as a pledge."
  2. §40.9.4.prnon possumus — The negation of the auxiliary verb possum (to be able) here denotes legal invalidity (lack of legal power to effect such a manumission) rather than physical impossibility.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.9.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.9.4.pr

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