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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §45.3.27.pr

Acquisition by Common Slave through Peculium of One Master

Passage 7535 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that when a common slave contracts, he acquires rights for both masters even if the payment comes from a peculium belonging to only one of them, unlike the case of a slave subject to a usufruct.

[IDEM libro secundo manualium. ] §45.3.27.prSeruus communis siue emat siue stipuletur, quamuis pecunia ex peculio detur, quod alterum ex dominis sequitur, utrique tamen adquirit.
[THE SAME, from the second book of Manuals.] Whether a common slave purchases or stipulates, even though the money is paid from a peculium which belongs to only one of the masters, he nevertheless acquires for both.
diuersa causa est fructuarii serui.
The case of a slave subject to a usufruct is different.

Notes

  1. §45.3.27.prquod alterum ex dominis sequitur — The antecedent of the relative pronoun quod is the neuter noun peculio. The verb sequitur here means 'to follow' in the sense of 'to belong to' or 'to accompany', referring to the fact that the peculium de facto belongs to only one (alterum) of the two masters.
  2. §45.3.27.prutrique — Dative singular of the pronoun uterque (each of the two). It functions as the indirect object of the verb adquirit (acquires), indicating that the legal effect (acquisition of rights) resulting from the slave's act accrues to both of the co-owners.
  3. §45.3.27.prdiuersa causa est — The noun causa refers here to a 'legal position, situation, or case' rather than a mere 'cause'. It introduces the point that a slave subject to a usufruct (fructuarius seruus) is governed by different legal rules from those applicable to a common slave.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §45.3.27.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:45.3.27.pr

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