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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.17.3.pr

Inclusion of Equipment Bought with Bequest in Peculium

Passage 8621 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that if a woman leaves money to her stepson who is a soldier for purchasing military equipment, the items purchased with that money are reckoned as part of his military peculium.

[IDEM libro octauo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §49.17.3.prSi mulier filio uiri militi ad castrenses uel militares forte res comparandas reliquerit pecuniam, utique castrensi peculio ea quae comparantur adnumerari incipiunt.
[THE SAME AUTHOR in the eighth book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] If a woman leaves money to her husband's son who is a soldier, perhaps for the purpose of purchasing camp or military equipment, those things which are purchased indeed begin to be reckoned as part of his military peculium.

Notes

  1. §49.17.3.prfilio uiri militi — The dative noun `filio` (the indirect object of `reliquerit`) is modified by the genitive noun `uiri` ("of the husband") and is in apposition with the dative noun `militi` ("who is a soldier").
  2. §49.17.3.prad castrenses uel militares forte res comparandas — A gerundive construction expressing purpose. The preposition `ad` governs the accusative noun `res` and its agreeing gerundive `comparandas`. `castrenses uel militares` are adjectives modifying `res`, and `forte` is an adverb meaning "perhaps" or "by chance".

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