Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. A Senator who has been expelled from the Senate does not lose his citizenship; and the Divine Severus and Antoninus even permitted him to live at Rome.

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. When suit is brought for the penalty arising out of an arbitration, he shall be required to pay it who incurred the liability for the same; nor does it make any difference whether or not it was to the interest of the other party for the award of the arbiter to be observed.

The Same, Rules, Book VI. The Divine Hadrian stated in a Rescript that where a slave was manumitted by a son under paternal control, who was a soldier, he became the freedman of the soldier and not of his father. 1A slave who is not manumitted will obtain his freedom when he is sold under the condition that he be manumitted within a certain time; and, after the time has elapsed, he will become the freedman of the purchaser, even though he may not have been manumitted.

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. Anyone who has become a slave in any way whatsoever can, under no circumstances, regain his rights of cognation by manumission.

The Same, Rules, Book VI. Slaves whom a son under paternal control acquires while in the army are not included in the property of the father, and the latter cannot manumit slaves of this kind.

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. By an Edict of the Divine Claudius, a slave who has been abandoned by his master on account of some serious infirmity will be entitled to his freedom.

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. A testamentary guardian or curator does not demand security from his colleague, but he can give him the choice of either receiving or giving security.

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. By a Rescript of the Divine Pius, Jews are permitted to circumcise only their own children, and anyone who performs this operation upon persons of a different religion will incur the penalty for castration. 1If a slave, without having been sentenced, is thrown to wild beasts, not only he who sold him, but also he who purchased him will be liable to punishment. 2Since the passage of the Petronian Law and the Decrees of the Senate having reference to it, masters are deprived of the power of giving up their slaves, whenever they please, for the purpose of fighting wild beasts. A master, however, can produce his slave in court, and if his complaint is well founded, the slave can be subjected to the penalty,

Modestinus, Rules, Book VI. Immunities, generally speaking, are granted to a person in such a way that they can be transmitted to his descendants, and are perpetual, so far as his male successors are concerned.