De manumissionibus libri
Ex libro I
Dig. 27,10,17Gaius libro primo de manumissionibus. Curator furiosi nullo modo libertatem praestare potest, quod ea res ex administratione non est: nam in tradendo ita res furiosi alienat, si id ad administrationem negotiorum pertineat: et ideo si donandi causa alienet, neque traditio quicquam valebit, nisi ex magna utilitate furiosi hoc cognitione iudicis faciat.
Gaius, On Manumissions, Book I. The curator of an insane person can under no circumstances grant freedom to his slave, because this is a matter not included in his administration; for, in disposing of the property of the insane person, he only alienates it where it relates to the management of the affairs of his trust, and therefore, if he alienates any property by way of a donation, the transfer will be of no effect, unless he does this on account of some great advantage it affords the insane person, after an investigation has been made by the court.
Dig. 40,1,25Gaius libro primo de manumissionibus. Iuris ratio efficit, ut infantibus quoque competat libertas.
Gaius, On Manumissions, Book I. The law provides that even infants are entitled to freedom.
Dig. 40,2,25Gaius libro primo de manumissionibus. Si tutoris habendi causa pupillus manumittat, probationi esse causam Fufidius ait. Nerva filius contra sentit, quod verius est: namque perabsurdum est in eligendo tutore firmum videri esse iudicium pupilli, cuius in omnibus rebus ut infirmum iudicium tutore auctore regitur.
Gaius, On Manumissions, Book I. If a minor manumits a slave for the purpose of making him his guardian: Fufidius says that this should be approved. Nerva, the son, holds the contrary opinion, which is correct. For it would be the height of absurdity for the judgment of a minor to be held to be sufficiently good to enable him to select a guardian, when in every other transaction he is controlled by the authority of his guardian, because his judgment is weak.
Dig. 40,9,29Gaius libro primo de manumissionibus. Generaliter pignori datus servus sine dubio pleno iure debitoris est et iustam libertatem ab eo consequi potest, si lex Aelia Sentia non impediat libertatem, id est si solvendo sit nec ob id creditores videantur fraudari. 1Sub condicione servus legatus pendente condicione pleno iure heredis est, sed nullam libertatem ab eo consequi potest, ne legatario iniuria fieret.
Gaius, On Manumissions, Book I. When a slave is given by way of pledge, in general terms, there is no doubt that he belongs to the debtor, and can legally obtain his freedom from him, if this is not prevented by the Lex Ælia Sentia; that is to say, if the owner is solvent, and his creditors do not appear to have been defrauded by his act. 1Where a slave is bequeathed under a condition, he belongs absolutely to the heir while the condition is pending; but he cannot obtain his freedom from him lest injury be done to the legatee.