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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.4.15.pr

Extinction of Usufruct over a Slave Conditioned on Manumission

Passage 1273 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that if a usufruct over a slave is bequeathed only until the slave is manumitted, the owner can set the slave free because the usufruct is extinguished the moment the owner begins the manumission process.

[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad Sabinum. ] §7.4.15.prInterdum proprietarius ad libertatem perducet, si forte usus fructus fuerit tamdiu legatus, quamdiu manumittatur: nam incipiente proprietario manumittere extinguetur usus fructus.
[ULPIANUS from the eighteenth book on Sabinus.] Sometimes the owner will bring [a slave] to freedom, if by chance a usufruct has been bequeathed for so long a time as he is manumitted; for as soon as the owner begins to manumit him, the usufruct will be extinguished.

Notes

  1. §7.4.15.prad libertatem perducet — The direct object (the slave) of the verb `perducet` (future active indicative 3rd person singular of `perduco`) is contextually omitted. This sentence explains an exceptional situation where the owner can manumit a slave who is subject to a usufruct.
  2. §7.4.15.principiente proprietario manumittere — This is an ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle `incipiente` and the noun `proprietario`, with the infinitive `manumittere` serving as the complement to `incipiente`. It means "as soon as the owner begins to manumit."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.4.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.4.15.pr

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