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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.14.pr-15.1.14.1

Peculian Actions Against Multiple Heirs on Freedom or Death

Passage 2273 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text discusses the requirement to sue all heirs for the peculium and limit their individual deductions when a slave is freed immediately by testament, and the division of the peculian action and deduction rights when a slave dies during the master's lifetime and the master subsequently dies within a year leaving multiple heirs.

[IULIANUS libro duodecimo digestorum. ] §15.1.14.prItem cum testamento praesenti die seruus liber esse iussus est, cum omnibus heredibus de peculio agendum est nec quis- quam eorum amplius deducet quam quod ipsi debeatur. §15.1.14.1Item cum seruus uiuo domino mortuus est, deinde dominus intra annum plures heredes reliquit, et de peculio actio et deductionis ius scinditur.
[JULIANUS in the twelfth book of the Digests.]\n\nLikewise, when a slave is ordered by a testament to be free immediately, an action concerning the peculium must be brought against all the heirs, and none of them shall deduct more than what is owed to himself.\n\nLikewise, when a slave has died during the lifetime of his master, and then the master within a year has left several heirs, both the action concerning the peculium and the right of deduction are split.

Notes

  1. §15.1.14.prpraesenti die — Meaning "on the present day" or "immediately," referring to the slave being freed at the very moment the testament takes effect (at the opening of the succession), without any suspensive condition or term.
  2. §15.1.14.pragendum est — An impersonal passive gerundive expressing obligation. The prepositional phrase `cum omnibus heredibus` is part of the legal idiom `agere cum aliquo` (to bring an action against someone), indicating that all heirs must be sued.
  3. §15.1.14.1uiuo domino — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun `domino` and the adjective `uiuo`, meaning "while the master was alive."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.14.pr-15.1.14.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.14.pr-15.1.14.1

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