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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.7.3.pr

Inclusion of Slave Labor and Wages in Usufruct

Passage 1310 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the usufruct of a slave includes both the slave's services and the wages received for those services.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §7.7.3.prIn hominis usu fructu operae sunt et ob operas mercedes.
[GAIUS, in the seventh book on the Provincial Edict.] In the usufruct of a slave, his services are included, as well as the wages for those services.

Notes

  1. §7.7.3.prhominis — The word homo ('human being') in legal texts often denotes a 'slave' (servus). This is consistent with the preceding passage from Ulpian (D. 7.7.2.pr) which uses the term serui.
  2. §7.7.3.prob operas mercedes — The verb sunt is understood in the second clause from the preceding one. The preposition ob governs the accusative operas, meaning 'in return for the services', indicating that the wages (mercedes) received for those services are also included in the usufruct.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.7.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.7.3.pr

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