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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.25.pr

Conditions for Slave's Clothing to Form Peculium

Passage 2284 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section distinguishes under what conditions clothing given to a slave begins to belong to his peculium, depending on the master's intention and the permanence of its use.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §15.1.25.prId uestimentum peculii esse incipit, quod ita dederit dominus, ut eo uestitu seruum perpetuo uti uellet eoque nomine ei traderet, ne quis alius eo uteretur idque ab eo eius usus gratia custodiretur.
[POMPONIUS in the twenty-third book on Sabinus.] That clothing begins to belong to the peculium which the master has given in such a way that he wished the slave to use that clothing permanently, and delivered it to him under that title, so that no one else should use it and that it should be kept by him for the sake of his own use.
sed quod uestimentum seruo dominus ita dedit utendum, ut non semper, sed ad certum usum certis temporibus eo uteretur, ueluti cum sequeretur eum siue cenanti ministrauit, id uestimentum non esse peculii.
But clothing which the master has given to the slave to use in such a way that he should use it not always, but for a specific purpose at specific times, as for example when he followed him or waited on him while dining, does not belong to the peculium.

Notes

  1. 15.1.25.prpeculii esse — The genitive 'peculii' is possessive, meaning 'to belong to the peculium' or 'to form part of the peculium' when combined with 'esse'.
  2. 15.1.25.prutendum — The gerundive (future passive participle) in the accusative neuter singular, expressing the purpose of the action of giving: 'to be used' or 'for the purpose of using'.
  3. 15.1.25.prnon esse peculii — An accusative and infinitive construction (AcI) where the governing verb is omitted, a common feature in indirect speech formulating legal opinions or rules (meaning '[it is held that] that clothing does not belong to the peculium').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.25.pr

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