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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.24.pr

Action for Injury for Preventing Sale of a Slave

Passage 8026 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a person who is prevented by another from selling their own slave has the right to bring an action for injury.

[ULPIANUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum praetoris. ] §47.10.24.prSi quis proprium seruum distrahere prohibetur a quolibet, iniuriarum experiri potest.
[ULPIANUS in the fifteenth book on the Edict of the Praetor.] If anyone is prevented by anyone else from selling his own slave, he can bring an action for injury.

Notes

  1. §47.10.24.prdistrahere — While the literal meaning is "to drag apart" or "to tear away," in legal contexts, especially regarding property or slaves, it is used to mean "to sell" or "to dispose of."
  2. §47.10.24.priniuriarum experiri — The deponent verb experiri ("to try", "to test") is used in legal terminology to mean "to go to law" or "to bring an action." It governs the genitive plural iniuriarum ("of injuries"), with the ablative actione ("by an action") being understood, meaning "to bring an action for injury."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.24.pr

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