[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.11.prSpecies adquirendi est liberare dominum obligatione: et ideo fructuarius quoque seruus liberare acceptum rogando fructuarium potest, quia ex re eius uidetur ei adquirere.
[PAULUS in the twelfth book on Sabinus.] To free a master from an obligation is a species of acquiring; and therefore a slave in whom one has a usufruct can also, by asking for a release, free the usufructuary, because he is deemed to acquire for him from his property.
sed et si usum tantum habemus, idem fiet.
But even if we only have the use, the same will happen.
idemque dicemus et in eo, qui bona fide nobis seruit, et in ceteris, qui nostro iuri subiecti sunt.
And we shall say the same also in the case of one who serves us in good faith, and in the case of the others who are subject to our power.
§46.4.11.1Sed et si seruo quod ipse mihi promisit acceptum fecero, inutiles mihi erunt aduersus dominum honorariae actiones, quae de peculio uel in rem uerso dantur.
But also if I have released a slave from what he himself promised to me, the honorary actions against the master, which are granted concerning the peculium or concerning what has been turned to his benefit, will be useless to me.
§46.4.11.2Si seruus hereditarius ante aditam hereditatem acceptum roget, quod defunctus promisit, uerius puto contingere liberationem, ut per hoc hereditas ipsa liberetur.
If a slave belonging to an inheritance, before the inheritance is accepted, asks for a release of what the deceased promised, I think it is more correct that the release takes effect, so that through this the inheritance itself is freed.
§46.4.11.3Sed et si dominus apud hostes sit, dicendum est iure postliminii confirmari acceptilationem: nam et stipulari ei, qui apud hostes est, seruus potest.
But even if the master is in the hands of the enemy, it must be said that the release is confirmed by the right of postliminium; for a slave can also make a stipulation for one who is in the hands of the enemy.