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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.7.6.pr-7.7.6.3

Criteria and Exclusions for Valuing Slave Services

Passage 1313 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses the criteria for valuing and restoring the services of artisan and unskilled slaves, as well as the exclusions from valuation for slaves under five years old, disabled slaves, or those held in personal affection by their owners.

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §7.7.6.prCum de serui operis artificis agitur, pro modo restituendae sunt, sed mediastini secundum ministerium: et ita Mela scribit.
[ULPIANUS, in the fifty-fifth book on the Edict.] When action is brought concerning the services of an artisan slave, they must be restored according to their measure, but those of an unskilled slave according to his service; and so Mela writes.
§7.7.6.1Si minor annis quinque uel debilis seruus sit uel quis alius, cuius nulla opera esse apud dominum potuit, nulla aestimatio fiet.
If a slave is under five years of age, or disabled, or any other person whose services could not have been of any value to the owner, no valuation shall be made.
§7.7.6.2Item uoluptatis uel affectionis aestimatio non habebitur, ueluti si dilexerit eum dominus aut in deliciis habuerit.
Likewise, no valuation of pleasure or affection shall be taken into account, as for example if the owner loved him or held him as a favorite.
§7.7.6.3Ceterum deductis necessariis impensis fiet aestimatio.
Furthermore, the valuation shall be made after deducting necessary expenses.

Notes

  1. §7.7.6.properis — operis is the ablative plural of the noun opera (services), governed by the preposition de. It must not be confused with the genitive singular of the third-declension noun opus (work). It is modified by serui artificis (of an artisan slave).
  2. §7.7.6.1minor annis quinque — The comparative adjective minor is followed by the ablative of comparison annis quinque (five years), meaning "younger than five years".
  3. §7.7.6.3deductis necessariis impensis — An ablative absolute construction formed by the past participle deductis and the noun phrase in the ablative necessariis impensis, expressing a condition or attendant circumstance ("after deducting necessary expenses").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.7.6.pr-7.7.6.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.7.6.pr-7.7.6.3

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