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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.8.21.pr

Deductions from Peculium and Rights of Under-Slave Legatees

Passage 5110 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains Julian's opinion on how the deduction from a peculium due to debts owed to the master affects the legatee of an under-slave, in a case where a slave is manumitted and bequeathed his peculium while an under-slave within it is bequeathed to another person.

[SCAEUOLA libro octauo quaestionum. ] §33.8.21.prSi Sticho manumisso peculium legatum sit et Titio seruus peculiaris, quantum peculio detractum erit ob id quod domino debetur, tantum ei accedere, cui uicarius legatus est, Iulianus ait.
[Scaevola, Questions, Book 8.] Julian says that if a peculium is bequeathed to the manumitted Stichus, and a slave belonging to the peculium to Titius, as much as is deducted from the peculium because of what is owed to the master, so much is added to him to whom the under-slave was bequeathed.

Notes

  1. §33.8.21.prSticho manumisso — This is a dative of indirect object governed by the verb `legatum sit`, with the participle `manumisso` modifying the noun `Sticho` ("to the manumitted Stichus"). While it could grammatically be construed as an ablative absolute ("Stichus having been manumitted"), interpreting it as a dative indicating the recipient of the legacy is more natural in this legal context.
  2. §33.8.21.prquantum peculio detractum erit... tantum ei accedere — A correlative construction of `quantum ... tantum`. The subject of the `quantum` clause is implied (referring to the amount deducted from the peculium). `tantum` serves as the accusative subject of the infinitive `accedere` (to be added) in the accusative-and-infinitive (A.C.I.) construction introduced by `Iulianus ait`. `ei` (dative) is the antecedent of the relative clause `cui uicarius legatus est`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.8.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.8.21.pr

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