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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.182.pr

Peculium of the Paterfamilias and Property of Slaves

Passage 8996 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states the legal symmetry that a free father of a family cannot have a 'peculium' and a slave cannot have 'bona'.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §50.16.182.prPater familias liber 'peculium' non potest habere, quemadmodum nec seruus 'bona'.
[ULPIAN, in the twenty-seventh book on the Edict.] A free father of a family cannot have 'peculium', just as a slave cannot have 'bona'.

Notes

  1. §50.16.182.prquemadmodum nec seruus 'bona' — In this comparative clause, the predicate verb phrase `non potest habere` from the main clause is ellipted. `seruus` (nominative singular) is the subject of the ellipted verb, and `'bona'` (neuter plural accusative) is its direct object. The structure `quemadmodum... nec...` establishes the negative correlation 'just as [someone] does not [do something]'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.182.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.182.pr

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