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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.66.pr

Actions against Usufructuary for Torturing a Slave

Passage 1237 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Addresses the various actions (under the Lex Aquilia, for corrupting a slave, and for outrage) that can be brought against a usufructuary who deteriorates a slave by torturing him.

[PAULUS libro quadragensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §7.1.66.prCum usufructuario non solum legis Aquiliae actio competere potest, sed et serui corrupti et iniuriarum, si seruum torquendo deteriorem fecerit.
[PAULUS libro quadragensimo septimo ad edictum.] Against a usufructuary, not only can an action under the Lex Aquilia be competent, but also that for corrupting a slave and that for outrage, if he has made the slave worse by torturing him.

Notes

  1. §7.1.66.prcum usufructuario — The preposition cum with the ablative usufructuario. Here, as a legal term, it indicates the party against whom an action is brought (the defendant), and together with the verb competere potest (can be competent), it means 'against the usufructuary (an action can lie)'.
  2. §7.1.66.prserui corrupti et iniuriarum — The preceding noun actio (action) is omitted; these are genitive noun phrases meaning actio servi corrupti (action for corrupting a slave) and actio iniuriarum (action for outrage/injury).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.66.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.66.pr

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