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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §6.1.32.pr

Set-off of Slave Training Costs After Age Twenty-Five

Passage 1103 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus states that if the possessor trained the slave to be an artisan, the expenses incurred can be offset after the slave has reached his twenty-fifth year.

[MODESTINUS libro octauo differentiarum. ] §6.1.32.prQuod si artificem fecerit, post uicensimum quintum annum eius, qui artificium consecutus est, impensae factae poterunt pensari.
[MODESTINUS, in the eighth book on differences.] But if he has made him an artisan, after the twenty-fifth year of him who has acquired the trade, the expenses incurred can be offset.

Notes

  1. §6.1.32.prartificem fecerit — The subject (possessor) and the direct object (seruum) are both omitted. The verb 'fecerit' is in the future perfect indicative, expressing a hypothetical condition.
  2. §6.1.32.preius, qui artificium consecutus est — 'eius' is the antecedent of the relative clause 'qui...' and refers to the slave mentioned in the previous context. It is a genitive dependent on the prepositional phrase 'post... annum'. The twenty-fifth year is the legal threshold for majority in Roman law.
  3. §6.1.32.prpensari — The passive infinitive of 'pendere' (to weigh, pay), used here in the sense of 'compensari' (to offset, balance, deduct), meaning that the expenses incurred by the possessor may be deducted or counterbalanced against the claim.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §6.1.32.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.32.pr

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