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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §18.1.29.pr

Exclusion of Peculium in Slave Sale and Condictio

Passage 2617 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses that a slave's peculium is not automatically included in his sale, and that any part of the peculium stolen by the slave can be recovered from the buyer by a condictio if it reaches them.

[IDEM libro quadragensimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §18.1.29.prQuotiens seruus uenit, non cum peculio distrahitur: et ideo siue non sit exceptum, siue exceptum sit, ne cum peculio ueneat, non cum peculio distractus uidetur.
[IDEM libro quadragensimo tertio ad Sabinum.] Whenever a slave is sold, he is not sold with his peculium; and therefore, whether or not there has been an express exception that he should not be sold with his peculium, he is deemed to have been sold without his peculium.
unde si qua res fuerit peculiaris a seruo subrepta, condici potest uidelicet quasi furtiua: hoc ita, si res ad emptorem peruenit.
Hence, if any property belonging to the peculium has been stolen by the slave, it can clearly be recovered by a condictio, as if it were stolen property; this is so, provided that the property has come to the hands of the buyer.

Notes

  1. §18.1.29.prexceptum sit, ne cum peculio ueneat — The clause ne cum peculio ueneat (that he should not be sold with his peculium) introduced by ne functions as the substantive clause (subject or appositive clause) explaining the content of the impersonal passive exceptum sit (it has been excepted or stipulated).
  2. §18.1.29.prcondici — Present passive infinitive of condicere. It means 'to be made the subject of a condictio' (a personal action for recovery in Roman law), with the stolen thing (res) as the subject.
  3. §18.1.29.prhoc ita — An elliptical idiomatic expression where the verb (such as est or se habet) is omitted, meaning 'this is so' or 'this applies.' The subsequent conditional clause si res ad emptorem peruenit restricts the condition under which the condictio can be brought.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §18.1.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:18.1.29.pr

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