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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.51.pr

Manumission of Another's Slave and Promisor Exemption

Passage 7398 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a person who promised another's slave is not liable under the action on a stipulation if the slave is freed, provided that the promisor has no malice or negligence.

[IDEM libro quinquagensimo primo ad edictum. ] §45.1.51.prIs, qui alienum seruum promisit, perducto eo ad libertatem ex stipulatu actione non tenetur: sufficit enim, si dolo culpaue careat.
[THE SAME, in the fifty-first book on the Edict.] He who has promised another's slave is not held liable under the action on a stipulation, if that slave has been brought to freedom; for it is sufficient if he is free from malice or negligence.

Notes

  1. §45.1.51.prperducto eo ad libertatem — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the pronoun eo (referring to the alienum servum) and the perfect participle perducto, expressing condition ('if that slave is brought to freedom') or time ('when that slave is brought to freedom').
  2. §45.1.51.prex stipulatu actione — The legal phrase actio ex stipulatu (action on a stipulation) functions in the ablative case as the complement of the verb tenetur ('is held liable under...').
  3. §45.1.51.prcareat — The implied subject of the subjunctive present careat is Is (the promisor, the subject of the main clause), not the preceding eo (the slave). It indicates that the promisor must be free from malice or negligence regarding the slave's liberation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.51.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.51.pr

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