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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.21.pr

Payment and Novation by Slaves Administering Peculium

Passage 1918 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains why payment can be legally made to a slave who has the administration of his peculium, and notes that he had the right to novate an obligation.

[GAIUS libro quinto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §12.2.21.prhuic enim solui quoque recte potest et nouandae obligationis ius habuit.
[GAIUS, Book V on the Provincial Edict.] for payment can also be legally made to him, and he had the right to novate an obligation.

Notes

  1. §12.2.21.prhuic — A demonstrative pronoun in the dative, referring to the "slave who has the administration of his peculium" (seruus, si peculii administrationem habuit) mentioned in the preceding fragment (§12.2.20.pr).
  2. §12.2.21.prnouandae obligationis — A gerundive construction where the gerundive nouandae agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun obligationis, modifying the noun ius (right) in the genitive. It denotes "the right of novating (renewing) an obligation."

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