De manumissionibus quae servis ad universitatem pertinentibus imponuntur
(Concerning the manumission of slaves belonging to a community.)
1 Ulpianus libro quinto ad Sabinum. Divus Marcus omnibus collegiis, quibus coeundi ius est, manumittendi potestatem dedit:
1 Ulpianus, On Sabinus, Book V. The Divine Marcus granted the power of manumission to all corporate bodies that have the right to assemble.
2 Idem libro quarto decimo ad Sabinum. quare hi quoque legitimam hereditatem liberti vindicabunt.
2 The Same, On Sabinus, Book XIV. For this reason, such bodies can claim the estates of their freedmen to which they are legally entitled.
3 Papinianus libro quarto decimo responsorum. Servus civitatis iure manumissus non ademptum peculium retinet ideoque debitor ei solvendo liberatur.
3 Papinianus, Opinions, Book XIV. A slave belonging to a municipality, who has been lawfully emancipated, will retain his peculium, if he has not been previously deprived of it; and therefore his debtor is released from liability by paying him.