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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.48.pr

Definition of Released and Exclusion of Those Held

Passage 8862 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius defines the term 'released', explaining that it does not apply to a person who is physically held by hand despite being freed from chains, nor to someone kept under surveillance in public without chains.

[GAIUS libro ad edictum praetoris urbani titulo qui neque sequantur neque ducantur. ] §50.16.48.pr'Solutum' non intellegimus eum, qui, licet uinculis leuatus sit, manibus tamen tenetur: ac ne eum quidem intellegimus solutum, qui in publico sine uinculis seruatur.
[GAIUS, on the Edict of the Urban Praetor, in the title "who are neither followed nor led".] We do not understand as 'released' one who, although he has been freed from chains, is nevertheless held by hands; and indeed we do not even understand as released one who is kept in public without chains.

Notes

  1. §50.16.48.prsolutum — A predicative complement (accusative masculine singular) to the pronoun `eum` (and `eum` in `ac ne eum quidem`), which is the object of the transitive verb `intellegimus`, meaning 'one in a released state'.
  2. §50.16.48.prlicet uinculis leuatus sit — The conjunction `licet` (although / even if) takes the perfect passive subjunctive `leuatus sit` to form a concessive clause. `uinculis` is an ablative of separation (plural) meaning 'from chains'.
  3. §50.16.48.prac ne eum quidem — The emphatic negative correlative expression `ne... quidem` (not even) encloses `eum`, introducing an additional negative statement 'and indeed not even him'. `eum` is modified by the relative pronoun `qui`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.48.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.48.pr

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