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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.1.66.pr

Stipulations for Manumission by Persons Under Twenty

Passage 7413 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that a stipulation by a person under twenty years of age to have their debtor manumit a slave is not granted execution, but if the person is exactly twenty, the manumission is not hindered since the Lex Aelia Sentia applies only to minors.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad legem Aeliam Sentiam. ] §45.1.66.prSi minor uiginti annis a debitore suo stipuletur 'seruum manumissurum', non est exsecutio stipulationis danda.
[PAULUS, On the Lex Aelia Sentia, Book 3] If a person under twenty years of age should stipulate from his debtor "that he will manumit a slave", the execution of the stipulation is not to be granted.
sed si ipsorum uiginti annorum erit, non impedietur manumissio, quia de minore lex loquitur.
But if he is of exactly twenty years of age, the manumission will not be hindered, because the law speaks of a minor.

Notes

  1. §45.1.66.prminor uiginti annis — This is an ablative of comparison (uiginti annis) with the comparative minor, meaning "a person under twenty years of age". It refers to the age limit subject to manumission restrictions under the Lex Aelia Sentia.
  2. §45.1.66.prseruum manumissurum — The word manumissurum is a future active infinitive with esse omitted. Its logical subject is the preceding a debitore suo (the debtor). It denotes a stipulation where the debtor, rather than the minor stipulator himself, is to manumit the slave.
  3. §45.1.66.pripsorum uiginti annorum — A genitive of quality expressing age. The demonstrative pronoun ipsorum (genitive plural of ipse, agreeing with annorum) emphasizes "exactly" or "precisely," highlighting that the person is on the borderline and no longer falls under the category of a minor.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.1.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.1.66.pr

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