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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.22.pr

Action on the Peculium When a Slave or Son Defers an Oath

Passage 1919 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text states the opinion that an action on the peculium should be granted against a master if a slave has deferred the oath to the plaintiff, and notes that the same applies to a son-in-power.

[PAULUS libro octauo decimo ad edictum. ] §12.2.22.prQuidam et de peculio actionem dandam in dominum, si actori detulerit seruus iusiurandum.
[PAULUS, Book XVIII on the Edict.] Some also think that an action on the peculium should be granted against the master, if the slave has deferred the oath to the plaintiff.
eadem de filio familias dicenda sunt.
The same must be said concerning a son-in-power.

Notes

  1. §12.2.22.prQuidam et de peculio actionem dandam — The main verb (such as putant or scribunt) and 'esse', which forms the passive infinitive with the gerundive, are omitted. The accusative 'actionem' and the gerundive 'dandam' (for 'dandam esse') function as an accusative-and-infinitive construction (indirect speech) dependent on the omitted verb of thinking or saying. 'et' here means 'also'.
  2. §12.2.22.prdetulerit seruus iusiurandum — The phrase 'deferre iusiurandum' is a legal term meaning 'to defer or refer back the oath'. It refers to the procedure where a defendant (here, the slave), challenged by the plaintiff to take an oath, refers the oath back to the plaintiff. 'detulerit' is either the perfect subjunctive or future perfect indicative third-person singular in the conditional clause introduced by 'si'.

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