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Preface............................................................................................................................... v

Ebbata, Addenda, and List of Abbreviations....................................

PART I.

CONDITION OF THE SLAVE. CHAPTER

I. Definition and General Characteristics.... 1—9

II. The Slave as Res......... 10—38

Custodia, 11 ; Vindicatio Servi, 12 ; Legatum Servi, 15 ; Fructus and Partus, 21 ; Delicts in respect of Slaves, 29.

III. The Slave as Res (cont.). Sale of Slaves.... 39—72

Interitus Rei, 40 ; Accessions, 43 ; Actio ex Empto, 44 ; Evic­tion, 46; Aedilician actions, 54; Restrictive covenants, 68.

IV. The Slave as Man. Non-Commercial Relations... 73—97

General notions, 73 ; Cognatio servilis, 76 ; Iniuria to Slaves,

79 ; Incapacities, 82 ; Slaves as Witnesses, 86 ; Criminal Slaves, 91.

V. The Slave as Man (cont.). Non-Commercial Relations (cont.).

Delicts by Slaves.................................................................................................. 98—130

Scope of Noxal Liability, 98 ; Potestas, 101 ; Procedure, 102 ;

Noxa Caput Sequitur, 106 ; Effect of death of Slave, 111 ; Essential nature of Noxal Liability, 112 ; Dominus sciens, 114; Existence of minor interests in the Slave, 116; Delict by more than one Slave, 118 ; Delict in connexion with a negotium, 122 ; Delict by Slave the subject of a negotium, 124; Interdicta Noxalia, 128 ; Rules under lex Aquilia, 129.

VI. The Slave as Man (cont.). Commercial Relations apart from

Peculium. Acquisitions........................................................................................ 131—158

Acquisition of Possession, 131 ; Usucapio through a Slave, 134 ; Institutio of a Slave, 137 ; Legacy to a Slave, 144 ; Acquisition of lura in Re Aliena, 152 ; of lura in Personam, 154.

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PART II.

ENSLAVEMENT AND RELEASE FROM SLAVERY.

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XVII. Enslavement............................................................................................. 397—418

Capture, 397 ; Slavery by Birth, 397; Enslavement lure

Civili, Minor Cases, 401; Servi Poenae, 403; Sc. Claudi-

anum, 412.

XVIII. Enslavement (cont.)................................................................................ 419—436

Minor Cases under Justinian, 419; Sale of Children, 420; Libertus Ingratus, 422 ; Fraudulent Sale of Freeman, 427.

XIX. Outline of Law of Manumission dining the Republic.. 437—448

Nature of Manumission, 437 ; Census, 439 ; Manumission Vindicta, 441 ; Manumission by Will, 442 ; Persons in Libertate tuition« Praetoris, 444 ; Exceptional Forms, 447.

XX. Manumission during the Empire. Forms.... 449—478 Manumission in Ecclesiis, 449 ; Manumission Vindicta, 451 ;

Manumission by Will, 460; Ademption, 466 ; Legacies to Freed Slaves, 470; Gifts of Liberty to Unborn Persons, 476 ; Soldier’s Will, 477.

XXI. Manupission during the Empire (cont.). Manumission by

Will (cont.). Dies, Conditio, Institutio.... 479—512

Dies certus, 479 ; Dies incertus, 480; Condition, 482; Negative Conditions, 485 ; Fulfilment, 487 ; Impossibility, 489 ; Prevention, 492 ; Condition of rendering accounts, 494; Condition of payment of money, 496 ; Manumission with Institutio, 505.

XXII. Manumission during the Empire (cont.). Fideicommissary

Gifts........................................................................................... 513—532

Implied Fideicommissa, 515 ; Conditions, 516 ; Lapse, 519;

Lex Falcidia and Sc. Pegasianum, 522 ; To whom such gifts may be made, 526 ; On whom charged, 527 ; Charged on Receiver of the Slave, 527 ; Charged on Owner of the Slave, 529 ; Charge to Buy and Free, 530.

XXIII. Manumission during the Empire (cont.). Statutory Changes 533—551 Lex lunia, 533 ; Lex Aelia Sentia, 537 ; Age of Manumitter,

537 ; Causae Probatio, 538 ; Age of Slave, 542 ; Fraud of Creditor or Patron, 544 ; Dediticii, 544 ; Lex Fufia Caninia, 546 ; Sources of Latinity, 548.

XXIV. Manumission under Justinian......................................................... 552—572

Form, 552 ; Effect, 555 ; Age of Master, 555 ; Consent, 555 ;

Manumission must be nominatim, 556; Manumission of Unborn Person, 557; Manumission must be by Owner, 558; Fraud of Creditors, 559; Irrevocability of Manumission, 566.

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XXV. Manumission. Special Cases and Minor Restrictions..

Serous Pigneraticius, 573; Serous Communis, 575; Serous Fructuarius, 578; Serous Legatus, 580; Serous Dotalis, 583; Divorce, 584; Conditions against Manumission, 585; Slave of person under Guardianship, 587 ; Slaves of Corporations, 588; Public Slaves, 589; Cases connected with Criminal Liability, 591 ; Minor Restrictions, 593.

XXVI. Freedom independent of Manumission.........................................

Cases of Reward to Slave, 598; Cases of Penalty on Dominus,

602 ; Miscellaneous Cases, 607.

XXVII. Freedom without Manumission. Uncompleted Manumission Relief against Failure of Gift, 609 ; Fideicommissary Liberty Overdue, 611 ; Addictio Bonorum, 620 ; Hereditates passing to the Fisc, 626 ; Transfer ut manumittatur, 628; Serous suis nummis emptus, 636 ; Payment to secure Manumis­sion, 640.

XXVIII. Questions of Status as affected by Lapse of Time, Death, Judicial Decision, etc.

Effect of Pact, etc., 647 ; Lapse of Time in Libertate, 648; Lapse of Time from Manumission, 650; Death, 651 ; Res ludicata, 652 ; Mode of Trial of Causae Liberates, 653 ; Burden of Proof, 660 ; Condition of alleged slave pendente lite, 661 ; Effect of Judgment, 666 ; Claims of Ingenuitas, 672; Collusion, 674.

XXIX. Effect after Manumission of Events during Slavery. Obli­gatio Naturalis