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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.18.13.pr

Valuation and Stipulation in Delivering Slaves to Torture

Passage 8372 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that it is an accepted practice to deliver a slave for torture after valuing the slave at a fixed price and entering into a stipulation.

[MODESTINUS libro quinto regularum. ] §48.18.13.prCerto pretio seruum aestimatum in quaestionem dari interposita stipulatione receptum est.
[MODESTINUS, in the fifth book of Rules.] It has been accepted that a slave, valued at a fixed price, may be delivered for examination under torture, once a stipulation has been entered into.

Notes

  1. §48.18.13.prseruum aestimatum — The accusative subject of the passive infinitive dari (to be delivered). aestimatum is a perfect passive participle modifying seruum, meaning "a slave having been valued [at a fixed price]".
  2. §48.18.13.printerposita stipulatione — An ablative absolute construction expressing a procedural prerequisite ("a stipulation having been interposed"). This refers to the formal contract (stipulatio) entered into to secure compensation in case the slave is killed or injured during the torture.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.18.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.18.13.pr

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