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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.26.10.pr

Precarium of a Female Slave and the Status of Her Child

Passage 7160 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that if someone requests a female slave by precarium, any offspring born of her is also deemed to be held under the same legal status.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ex Plautio. ] §43.26.10.prQuamuis ancillam quis precario rogauerit, id actum uidetur, ut etiam quod ex ancilla natum esset in eadem causa haberetur.
[POMPONIUS, On Plautius, book five.] Even if someone has requested a female slave by precarium, it is deemed to have been agreed that whatever is born of the female slave should also be held in the same legal position.

Notes

  1. §43.26.10.prQuamuis ... rogauerit — The conjunction `quamuis` with the subjunctive perfect `rogauerit` forms a concessive clause ("even if..."). The indefinite pronoun `quis` follows `quamuis` to mean "someone".
  2. §43.26.10.prid actum uidetur, ut — The phrase `id agere, ut...` is a legal idiom meaning "to agree that..." or "to intend that...". Here, the passive perfect construction `id actum [esse] uidetur` ("it seems/is deemed to have been agreed") is followed by an `ut` clause specifying the content of the agreement.
  3. §43.26.10.prin eadem causa haberetur — The phrase `in eadem causa haberi` is a legal expression meaning "to be held in the same legal position/status" or "to be treated in the same way". In accordance with the past tense of the main clause (`actum uidetur`), the verb `haberetur` in the `ut` clause is in the imperfect subjunctive.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.26.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.26.10.pr

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