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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.68.pr

Discretionary Clause as Legal Right and Inapplicability to Slaves

Passage 8882 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that the phrase 'to be done by the decision of Lucius Titius' signifies a legal right and therefore does not apply to a slave.

[IDEM libro septuagensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.68.prIlla uerba 'arbitratu Lucii Titii fieri' ius significant et in seruum non cadunt.
[THE SAME, on the Edict, book 77.] Those words, 'to be done by the decision of Lucius Titius', signify a legal right and do not apply to a slave.

Notes

  1. §50.16.68.prin seruum non cadunt — The phrase 'cadere in + accusative' means 'to apply to' or 'to be applicable to'. Since a slave (seruus) lacks legal capacity under Roman law, such words implying a legal right or decision (ius) cannot apply to them.
  2. §50.16.68.prarbitratu — The ablative singular of the noun arbitratus (decision, judgment), indicating the standard or manner: 'by the decision of' or 'at the discretion of'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.68.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.68.pr

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