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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.1.7.pr

Origin of a Slave Manumitted by Multiple Patrons

Passage 8650 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the rule that if a slave is manumitted by multiple masters, the freedman follows the origin (citizenship) of all his patrons.

[IDEM libro quinto de officio proconsulis. ] §50.1.7.prSi quis a pluribus manumissus sit, omnium patronorum originem sequitur.
[THE SAME, On the Office of Proconsul, book 5] If anyone has been manumitted by several persons, he follows the origin of all his patrons.

Notes

  1. 50.1.7.prIDEM — A pronoun referring to Ulpian (Ulpianus), the author of the preceding fragment (fr. 6).
  2. 50.1.7.prmanumissus sit — Subjunctive perfect passive in the conditional (si-clause). It expresses a general condition and is paired with the present indicative sequitur in the main clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.1.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.1.7.pr

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