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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.40.pr-50.16.40.3

Meaning of Detestatio and Scope of Slave and Family

Passage 8854 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian defines the term 'detestatio' and explains the scope of terms like 'slave' (extending to female slaves) and 'family' (including children, and the minimum number of slaves required to constitute a household).

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §50.16.40.prDetestatio' est denuntiatio facta cum testatione. '
[ULPIANUS, in the fifty-sixth book on the Edict.] 'Detestatio' is a denunciation made with attestation.
§50.16.40.1Serui' appellatio etiam ad ancillam refertur. '
The term 'slave' also applies to a female slave.
§50.16.40.2Familiae' appellatione liberi quoque continentur.
Under the term 'family', children also are included.
§50.16.40.3Unicus seruus familiae appellatione non continetur: ne duo quidem familiam faciunt.
A single slave is not included under the term 'family'; not even two make a family.

Notes

  1. §50.16.40.prfacta cum testatione — The perfect participle facta is feminine singular nominative, modifying the preceding noun denuntiatio. The phrase cum testatione ('with attestation') explains the etymological and legal elements of detestatio.
  2. §50.16.40.3ne duo quidem — The combination of the negative conjunction ne and the adverb quidem means 'not even two', emphasizing the preceding negative context and indicating that even two slaves are insufficient to constitute a familia (in this context, a body of slaves).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.40.pr-50.16.40.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.40.pr-50.16.40.3

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