Ad legem Aeliam Sentiam libri
Ex libro III
Dig. 38,5,11Paulus libro tertio ad legem Aeliam Sentiam. Non videtur patronus fraudari eo quod consentit: sic et quod volente patrono libertus donaverit, non poterit Faviana revocari.
Paulus, On the Lex Ælia Sentia, Book III. A patron is not considered to be defrauded by an act to which he consents. Hence, where his freedman makes a donation with the consent of his patron, it cannot be recovered by the Favian Action.
Dig. 40,9,16Idem libro tertio ad legem Aeliam Sentiam. Si, cum fideicommissa libertas debeatur, minor viginti annis servum vendat, ut manumittatur, vel quia hac lege emerat, non impedietur alienatio. 1Si partem, quam in communi servo habet minor viginti annis, manumittendi causa tradat, nihil aget: sed si, cum ipse causam probare posset, tradiderit, nulla fraus intellegetur. 2Ne quis creditorum fraudandorum causa servum manumittat, hac lege cavetur: creditores autem appellantur, quibus quacumque ex causa actio cum fraudatore competat. 3Aristo respondit a debitore fisci, qui solvendo non erat, manumissum ita revocari in servitutem debere, si non diu in libertate fuisset, id est non minus decennio: plane ea, quae in fraudem fisci in sinus eius collata sunt, revocanda. 4Si sub condicione alicui pecunia debeatur, quasi statuliber erit a debitore manumissus, ut pendeat libertas ex condicione. 5Si voluntate patris filius manumiserit, sive pater sive filius sciat solvendo patrem non esse, libertas impedietur.
The Same, On the Lex Ælia Sentia, Book III. Where freedom is granted to a slave by a trust, and a minor of twenty years of age sells the slave under condition that he shall be manumitted, or purchases him under the same condition, the alienation will not be prevented. 1If a minor of twenty years of age relinquishes the share which he has in a slave owned in common, for the purpose of manumitting him, his act will be void. If, however, he can prove that there was a good reason for doing so, no fraud will be held to have been committed. 2It is provided by this law that no one shall manumit a slave for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. Those are designated creditors who are entitled to an action on any ground whatsoever against the person who intended to defraud him. 3Aristo gave it as his opinion that, where a slave was manumitted by an insolvent debtor of the Treasury, he could be returned to servitude, if he had not been free for a long time; that is to say, for not less than ten years. It is clear that anything which has been paid out for funeral expenses, with a view to defrauding the Treasury, can be recovered. 4Where money is due from a person who is insolvent to anyone under a condition, and a slave is manumitted by the debtor, his freedom will remain in suspense until the condition is complied with. 5If a son should manumit a slave with the consent of his father, and either the father or the son is aware that the former is not solvent, the grant of freedom will be void.
Dig. 45,1,66Paulus libro tertio ad legem Aeliam Sentiam. Si minor viginti annis a debitore suo stipuletur ‘servum manumissurum’, non est exsecutio stipulationis danda. sed si ipsorum viginti annorum erit, non impedietur manumissio, quia de minore lex loquitur.
Paulus, On the Lex Ælia Sentia, Book III. If a minor of twenty years of age stipulates with his debtor for the manumission of a slave, the execution of the stipulation should not be granted. If, however, the minor is twenty-five years of age, the manumission will not be prevented, because the law mentions a minor of that age.