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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.3.31.pr

Action for Fraud for Damage Induced by Persuading Servants to Leave

Passage 692 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Proculus explains that when someone persuades one's household to depart from possession, the possession itself is not lost, but an action for fraud lies against the instigator if any damage occurs.

[PROCULUS libro secundo epistularum. ] §4.3.31.prCum quis persuaserit familiae meae, ut de possessione decedat, possessio quidem non amittitur, sed de dolo malo iudicium in eum competit, si quid damni mihi accesserit.
[PROCULUS libro secundo epistularum.] When someone has persuaded my household of slaves to depart from possession, the possession indeed is not lost, but an action for fraud lies against him if any damage has accrued to me.

Notes

  1. §4.3.31.prfamiliae — Here, familia does not mean "family" but refers to the "household of slaves" or "domestic servants." Since it is a collective noun treated as singular, the verb in the subordinate clause, decedat, is also singular.
  2. §4.3.31.prquid damni — A construction of the "partitive genitive," where the neuter singular genitive damni modifies the indefinite pronoun quid (the form of aliquid used after si), meaning "any damage."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.3.31.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.3.31.pr

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