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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.23.pr

Master Exception When Slave Swears Non-Indebtedness

Passage 1920 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that if a slave swears that his master is not bound to make a payment, the master is granted an exception, and the plaintiff who demanded the oath must bear the responsibility for his own action.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §12.2.23.prSi seruus iurauerit dominum dare non oportere, exceptio domino indulgenda est sibique aduersarius imputabit, qui seruo detulit iusiurandum.
[ULPIANUS, Book XXVI on the Edict.] If a slave has sworn that his master is not bound to give, an exception must be granted to the master, and the opponent, who deferred the oath to the slave, will have himself to blame.

Notes

  1. §12.2.23.prdominum dare non oportere — An accusative with infinitive clause functioning as the object of the verb `iurauerit` ("has sworn"). `oportere` is an impersonal verb taking the infinitive phrase `dominum dare` ("that the master give") as its subject.
  2. §12.2.23.prsibique aduersarius imputabit — The idiom `sibi imputare` means "to attribute the blame to oneself" or "to have oneself to blame." The dative reflexive pronoun `sibi` refers back to the subject `aduersarius`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.23.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.23.pr

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