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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.8.1.pr

Extinction of Peculium Legacy upon Slave Disposal or Death

Passage 5090 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that when a slave is bequeathed together with their peculium, and subsequently becomes alienated, manumitted, or deceased, the bequest of the peculium is also extinguished.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §33.8.1.prSeruo legato cum peculio et alienato uel manumisso uel mortuo legatum etiam peculii exstinguitur.
[PAULUS, from the fourth book on Sabinus.] When a slave has been bequeathed with his peculium, and then is alienated, or manumitted, or dies, the bequest of the peculium also is extinguished.

Notes

  1. §33.8.1.prSeruo legato cum peculio et alienato uel manumisso uel mortuo — This is an extended ablative absolute construction where the noun `seruo` is modified by the perfect participle `legato` and, connected by `et`, a subsequent series of participles (`alienato`, `manumisso`, `mortuo`) in the ablative case. The conjunction `et` indicates a temporal and logical sequence: the slave has first been bequeathed, and subsequently undergoes alienation, manumission, or death.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.8.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.8.1.pr

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