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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.25.pr

Slave's Oath on Master's Rights and the Master's Action

Passage 1922 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian expresses his opinion that if a slave takes an oath regarding ownership or payment, the master should be granted an action or a plea of agreement.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §12.2.25.prSed et si seruus meus delato uel relato ei iureiurando iurauit rem domini esse uel ei dari oportere, puto dandam mihi actionem uel pacti exceptionem propter religionem et conuentionem.
[ULPIANUS, Book XXVI on the Edict.] But also if my slave, when an oath was tendered or referred back to him, swore that the thing belongs to his master or ought to be given to him, I think that an action or a plea of agreement should be granted to me because of the sanctity of the oath and the agreement.

Notes

  1. §12.2.25.prdelato uel relato ei iureiurando — An ablative absolute construction, where `ei` is the dative of the pronoun `is` referring to the subject `seruus meus` (my slave), functioning as the indirect object of the participles `delato` and `relato`.
  2. §12.2.25.prrem domini esse uel ei dari oportere — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction expressing the content of the oath (`iurauit`). In the second clause `ei dari oportere`, the dative `ei` refers to the master (`dominus` / `mihi`), not the slave, judging from the context.

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