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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §15.1.48.pr-15.1.48.1

Loss of Administration of Peculium and Debtor Delegation

Passage 2307 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules that the free administration of a peculium ceases when a slave run away, is stolen, or when his survival is unknown, and that a slave with such administration can delegate his debtor.

[IDEM libro septimo decimo ad Plautium. ] §15.1.48.prLibera peculii administratio non permanet neque in fugitiuo neque in subrepto neque in eo, de quo nesciat quis, uiuat an mortuus sit.
[THE SAME in the seventeenth book on Plautius.] The free administration of a peculium does not remain in force either in the case of a runaway slave, or a stolen slave, or one of whom it is unknown whether he is alive or dead.
§15.1.48.1Cui peculii administratio data est, delegare debitorem suum potest.
He to whom the administration of a peculium has been given can delegate his debtor.

Notes

  1. 15.1.48.prde quo nesciat quis, uiuat an mortuus sit — The antecedent of the relative pronoun `quo` is the pronoun `eo` (referring to the slave), which is the object of the preposition `in`. Within the relative clause `de quo nesciat quis` ('about whom anyone may not know'), a double indirect question `uiuat an mortuus sit` ('whether he is alive or dead') is nested. `quis` is an indefinite pronoun (nominative singular) meaning 'anyone,' and `nesciat` is a present subjunctive of characteristic.
  2. 15.1.48.1Cui — A relative pronoun in the dative case. The demonstrative pronoun `ei` (or `is`), which would serve as the subject of the main clause, is omitted ('He to whom...'). The dative `cui` indicates the recipient of the administration with the passive verb `data est`, and the logical subject of the main verb `potest` is this omitted `ei`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §15.1.48.pr-15.1.48.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:15.1.48.pr-15.1.48.1

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