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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.23.1.pr-48.23.1.1

Rights of Restored Patrons to the Inheritance of Freedmen

Passage 8458 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It addresses whether a restored patron is admitted to the succession of his freedman, and discusses whether penal servitude from condemnation to the mines extinguishes the right of patronage upon restoration, concluding that it does not.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §48.23.1.prAd successionem liberti patronus deportatus et restitutus admittitur.
[ULPIANUS, from his Thirty-eighth Book on the Edict.] A patron who has been deported and restored is admitted to the succession of his freedman.
§48.23.1.1Sed si in metallum damnatus restituatur, numquid seruitus poenae extinguat ius patronatus etiam post restitutionem? et magis est, ut non extinguat seruitus ius patronatus.
But if one condemned to the mines should be restored, does the penal servitude extinguish the right of patronage even after restoration? And the preferred view is that the servitude does not extinguish the right of patronage.

Notes

  1. §48.23.1.prdeportatus et restitutus — Perfect passive participles modifying the subject `patronus`, indicating a chronological sequence of events (having been deported and subsequently restored).
  2. §48.23.1.1seruitus poenae — "Penal servitude." It refers to the status of a person condemned to a severe penalty (here, the mines, `in metallum damnatus`) whereby they lose their civil status and become a slave of the punishment (`servus poenae`).
  3. §48.23.1.1et magis est, ut — An impersonal expression meaning "it is more acceptable / the preferred view is that..." followed by a noun clause introduced by `ut` with the subjunctive `extinguat`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.23.1.pr-48.23.1.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.23.1.pr-48.23.1.1

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