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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.7.5.pr

Bequest of Slave Services as Granting of Use

Passage 1312 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage states the juristic opinion that the bequest of a slave's services should be understood as the granting of the right of use.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro octauo decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §7.7.5.prOperis serui legatis usum datum intellegi et ego didici et Iulianus existimat.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, in the eighteenth book on the Lex Julia et Papia.] That, when the services of a slave are bequeathed, the right of use is understood to be given, is something I both have learned and Julianus is of the opinion.

Notes

  1. §7.7.5.properis serui legatis — An ablative absolute construction meaning "when the services of a slave are bequeathed." `operis` (ablative plural of the feminine noun `opera`) agrees with `legatis` (feminine ablative plural of the perfect passive participle of `legare`), while `serui` is a genitive singular modifying `operis`.
  2. §7.7.5.prusum datum intellegi — The accusative `usum` serves as the subject of the present passive infinitive `intellegi`, modified by the perfect passive participle `datum` (with `esse` omitted). This entire infinitive clause functions as the object of the main verbs `didici` and `existimat` (accusative with infinitive construction).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.7.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.7.5.pr

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