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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.7.2.pr

Survival of Bequeathed Slave Services after Status Change

Passage 1309 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Rules that the bequeathed services of a slave are not extinguished by a change of status (capitis deminutio).

[ULPIANUS libro septimo decimo ad edictum. ] §7.7.2.prOperae serui legatae capitis minutione non amittuntur.
[ULPIANUS, in the seventeenth book on the Edict.] The bequeathed services of a slave are not lost by change of status.

Notes

  1. §7.7.2.prcapitis minutione — An ablative of cause or means representing the Roman legal concept of 'capitis deminutio', which refers to a change or loss of legal status (liberty, citizenship, or family standing).
  2. §7.7.2.prlegatae — A perfect passive participle modifying the subject noun Operae (feminine plural nominative), meaning 'bequeathed'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.7.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.7.2.pr

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