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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.2.90.pr

No Action for Theft for Thefts by Freedmen and Employees

Passage 7952 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that no action for theft arises if a freedman, a client, or a hired laborer commits a theft against their patron or employer.

[IDEM libro singulari de poenis paganorum. ] §47.2.90.prSi libertus patrono uel cliens, uel mercennarius ei qui eum conduxit, furtum fecerit, furti actio non nascitur.
[THE SAME, in his single book on the Punishments of Pagans.] If a freedman commits a theft against his patron, or a client [against his patron], or a hired laborer against the person who hired him, an action for theft does not arise.

Notes

  1. §47.2.90.prpatrono — Dative noun. It expresses the object of the action `furtum fecerit` (shall have committed a theft) committed by `libertus` (freedman) and `cliens` (client).
  2. §47.2.90.prei qui eum conduxit — The dative antecedent pronoun `ei` indicates the object of the action of the `mercennarius` (hired laborer), and is modified by the relative clause `qui eum conduxit` (who hired him).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.2.90.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.2.90.pr

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