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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
Ulpianus argues that in contracts such as deposit or lease, an agreement obligating the other party not to make one's slave a thief or a runaway (by preventing corruption through enticement or neglect) is valid and can give rise to a legal claim.
[IDEM libro quadragensimo secundo ad Sabinum.]
[THE SAME, On Sabinus, book 42]
Non impossibile puto in contractibus depositi, commodati et locati et ceteris similibus hoc pactum: 'ne facias furem uel fugitiuum seruum meum1', hoc est: ne sollicites ut fur fiat, ut fugitiuus fiat: ne ita neglegas seruum, ut fur efficiatur.2 sicut enim serui corrupti actio locum habet, ita potest etiam haec pactio locum habere, quae ad non corrumpendos seruos3 pertinet.
I do not think that in contracts of deposit, loan for use, lease, and other similar ones, the following agreement is impossible: “Do not make my slave a thief or a runaway,” that is: “Do not entice him to become a thief or to become a runaway,” or “Do not neglect the slave in such a way that he becomes a thief.” For just as the action for corrupting a slave lies, so also can this agreement lie, which pertains to not corrupting slaves.
- 2.14.50.prne facias furem uel fugitiuum seruum meum
This clause quotes the specific wording of the agreement (pactum). 'facias' is a second-person singular present subjunctive expressing a prohibition or command, accompanied by a double accusative ('seruum meum' as the direct object, and 'furem uel fugitiuum' as the object complement).
- 2.14.50.prne ita neglegas seruum, ut fur efficiatur
This employs the 'ita... ut...' construction, where 'efficiatur' (present subjunctive introduced by 'ut') forms a clause of result ('neglect the slave in such a way that/with the result that he becomes a thief'). The whole phrase functions as a prohibition against such negligent behavior.
- 2.14.50.prad non corrumpendos seruos
This consists of the preposition 'ad' followed by the gerundive 'corrumpendos' agreeing with the noun 'seruos' in the accusative plural, expressing purpose, relation, or domain ('concerning/for the sake of not corrupting slaves').