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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.2.17.pr

Master's Obligation of Security to Produce a Defended Slave

Passage 8144 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A rule stating that if a master defends his slave in a capital case, he is required to provide security and promise to produce the slave in court.

[MODESTINUS libro sexto differentiarum. ] §48.2.17.prSi seruum dominus in crimine capitali defendat, sistendum satisdato promittere iubetur.
[MODESTINUS, On Differences, Book 6] If a master defends his slave in a capital charge, he is ordered to promise, after providing security, that the slave will be produced in court.

Notes

  1. §48.2.17.prsistendum — The neuter accusative of the gerundive from the transitive verb sisto (to produce in court, to present). It functions as the object of promittere, with the subject accusative (seruum) and the copula (esse) understood (i.e., seruum sistendum esse), meaning 'that the slave will be produced' or 'to produce the slave'.
  2. §48.2.17.prsatisdato — The neuter ablative of the perfect participle of satisdo (to give security). It is used substantively or as an ablative absolute (equivalent to satisdato facto), meaning 'after security has been provided' or 'under bond'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.2.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.2.17.pr

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