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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.80.pr

General Claims for Legacies and Testamental Freedom

Passage 8894 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that, according to the spirit of the Law of the Twelve Tables, the general claim for legacies also includes the freedom granted to slaves by testament.

[IDEM libro nono ad Plautium. ] §50.16.80.prIn generali repetitione legatorum etiam datae libertates continentur ex mente legis duodecim tabularum.
[THE SAME, on Plautius, book 9.] According to the intent of the Law of the Twelve Tables, in a general claim for legacies, granted freedoms are also included.

Notes

  1. §50.16.80.prdatae libertates — Refers to 'freedoms granted' to slaves by testament. In interpreting the spirit of the Law of the Twelve Tables, these are considered to be included within the general mention or claim of 'legacies (legata)'.
  2. §50.16.80.prex mente — A prepositional phrase meaning 'according to the intention' or 'according to the spirit of'. Here it refers to the intent of the drafters or the underlying spirit of the Law of the Twelve Tables.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.80.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.80.pr

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