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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.9.8.pr-40.9.8.1

Conditional Debts and Fraudulent Manumission by Soldiers

Passage 6530 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains the applicability of the Lex Aelia Sentia to conditional debtors manumitting under a trust, and the restriction on a soldier's fraudulent manumissions by military testament if he dies insolvent.

[AFRICANUS libro tertio quaestionum. ] §40.9.8.prCum is, qui sub condicione debet, manumittat fideicommissi causa, lex Aelia Sentia locum habet.
[AFRICANUS, from the third book of Questions.] When he who owes under a condition manumits for the sake of a trust, the Lex Aelia Sentia applies.
§40.9.8.1Si miles iure militari testamento facto libertates dederit in fraudem creditorum et non soluendo moriatur, impediuntur libertates.
If a soldier, having made a testament by military law, has granted freedoms to defraud his creditors, and dies insolvent, the freedoms are blocked.

Notes

  1. §40.9.8.prsub condicione debet — Indicates that even while the fulfillment of the condition is pending, a conditional debtor is still treated as one who "owes" (debet), and their act of manumission can be considered to defraud creditors.
  2. §40.9.8.1testamento facto — An ablative absolute ("a testament having been made"), which expresses a prior action within the conditional clause Si ("if, after having made a testament by military law, he has granted...").
  3. §40.9.8.1non soluendo — The dative of the gerund soluendo (paying) with the negative non functions as a predicate or descriptive dative, indicating the state of being "unable to pay" or "insolvent."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.9.8.pr-40.9.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.9.8.pr-40.9.8.1

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