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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.4.9.pr

Freedmen's Property of Treason Convicts and Children

Passage 8172 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text records a decree by the deified Severus stating that the property of freedmen belonging to those condemned for treason must be preserved for the condemned person's children, and is only confiscated by the treasury if no children survive.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro quinto iuris epitomarum. ] §48.4.9.prEorum, qui maiestatis crimine damnati sunt, libertorum bona liberis damnatorum conseruari diuus Seuerus decreuit et tunc demum fisco uindicari, si nemo damnati liberorum existat.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Book 5 of Epitomes of Law] The deified Severus decreed that the property of the freedmen of those who have been condemned for the crime of treason should be preserved for the children of the condemned, and only then be claimed for the treasury if no child of the condemned exists.

Notes

  1. §48.4.9.prEorum, qui maiestatis crimine damnati sunt, libertorum — The pronoun `Eorum`, modified by the relative clause `qui maiestatis crimine damnati sunt`, functions as a possessive genitive qualifying `libertorum` (freedmen). The entire phrase forms a nested genitive relation meaning "the freedmen of those who have been condemned for the crime of treason."
  2. §48.4.9.prdamnati liberorum — `damnati` is a genitive singular of the substantivised adjective (of the condemned person) modifying `liberorum` (of the children). `liberorum` is a partitive genitive dependent on `nemo` (no one), meaning "if no one among the children of the condemned person (exists)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.4.9.pr

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