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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.26.pr

Corrupting a Slave or Son and Actions for Injury

Passage 8028 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses how corrupting someone's slave or son constitutes an injury to the master or father, provided the persuader has the intent to injure; however, since even those ignorant of the master can give bad advice, the action for corrupting a slave becomes necessary.

[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum. ] §47.10.26.prSi quis seruum meum uel filium ludibrio habeat licet consentientem, tamen ego iniuriam uideor accipere: ueluti si in popinam duxerit illum, si alea luserit.
[PAULUS in the nineteenth book on the Edict.] If anyone should hold my slave or my son in mockery, even though he consents, nevertheless I am deemed to suffer an injury: as, for example, if he has led him into a tavern, or played with dice.
sed hoc utcumque tunc locum habere potest, quotiens ille qui suadet animum iniuriae faciendae habet.
But this can only apply, in any case, whenever he who persuades has the intention of committing an injury.
atquin potest malum consilium dare et qui dominum ignoret: et ideo incipit serui corrupti actio necessaria esse.
And yet, even one who does not know the master can give bad advice; and therefore the action for corrupting a slave begins to be necessary.

Notes

  1. §47.10.26.prlicet consentientem — The conjunction licet functions here adverbially to introduce concession, modifying the accusative present participle consentientem (which agrees with the preceding seruum uel filium) to mean "even though [he] consents."
  2. §47.10.26.pranimum iniuriae faciendae — iniuriae faciendae is a genitive gerundive construction based on the transitive phrase iniuriam facere (to commit an injury), modifying the noun animum. It denotes the legal concept of the intent to commit an injury (animus iniuriandi).
  3. §47.10.26.pret qui dominum ignoret — The verb of the relative clause qui ... ignoret is in the subjunctive ignoret to express a concessive or characteristic clause ("even one of such a character who does not know the master"). The preceding et functions as an intensive adverb meaning "even."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.26.pr

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