Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.26.pr

Allocation of Slave's Wages upon Termination of Usufruct

Passage 1197 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section addresses the scenario where a usufructuary slave hires out his services or stipulates for a certain sum, determining that if the usufruct terminates before the completion of the lease, the remaining portion goes to the owner.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §7.1.26.prSi operas suas locauerit seruus fructuarius et inperfecto tempore locationis usus fructus interierit, quod superest ad proprietarium pertinebit.

[PAULUS in the third book on Sabinus.] If a usufructuary slave has hired out his services and before the time of the lease is completed the usufruct ceases, what remains will belong to the owner of the property.

sed et si ab initio certam summam propter operas certas stipulatus fuerit, capite deminuto eo idem dicendum est.

But even if from the beginning he stipulated for a certain sum for certain services, the same must be said if that person undergoes a loss of status.

Notes

§7.1.26.prcapite deminuto eo — The pronoun 'eo' in the ablative absolute construction 'capite deminuto eo' refers to the usufructuary (fructuarius). In Roman law, the loss of status (capitis deminutio) of the usufructuary is one of the causes of the termination of usufruct, thus referring here to the situation where the usufruct is terminated by this event.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.26.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.