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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.8.5.pr

Heir's Rights and Obligations in Bequest of Peculium

Passage 5094 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains the rights and duties of the heir when a peculium is bequeathed, stating that the heir can pursue claims belonging to the peculium and must pay the legatee any debt the heir owed to the slave.

[PAULUS libro quarto ad Sabinum. ] §33.8.5.prPeculio legato constat heredem nomina peculiaria persequi posse, et insuper ipsum si quid debeat seruo, reddere legatario debere.
[PAULUS, from the fourth book on Sabinus.] When a peculium is bequeathed, it is well established that the heir can sue for the claims belonging to the peculium, and furthermore, that if the heir himself owes anything to the slave, he must pay it to the legatee.

Notes

  1. §33.8.5.prconstat — The impersonal verb constat ("it is established") governs two accusative-with-infinitive (A.C.I.) clauses connected by et: first, heredem ... posse, and second, [heredem] ipsum ... debere (where ipsum is the subject accusative referring back to heredem).
  2. §33.8.5.prnomina peculiaria — nomina (accusative plural of nomen) is a legal term meaning "debts due" or "claims". peculiaria is an adjective meaning "belonging to the peculium". Together, they serve as the direct object of the infinitive persequi ("to pursue" or "to sue for").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.8.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.8.5.pr

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