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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.8.13.pr

Setting Wages for the Labor of Slaves Themselves

Passage 1326 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius cites Labeo's view that a wage can be set for the slave or female slave themselves for their labor.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §7.8.13.prSed ipsi seruo ancillaeue pro opera mercedem imponi posse Labeoni placet.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.] But Labeo holds that a wage can be set for the slave himself or the female slave for their labor.

Notes

  1. §7.8.13.prLabeoni placet — The impersonal verb placet with the dative Labeoni means 'Labeo holds the opinion that...'. The subject of placet is the accusative and infinitive clause mercedem imponi posse ('that a wage can be imposed').
  2. §7.8.13.pripsi seruo ancillaeue ... mercedem imponi — The passive infinitive imponi (from imponere, to impose/set) takes the dative ipsi seruo ancillaeue ('on the slave himself or the female slave') and the subject accusative mercedem ('wage'). This indicates that Labeo allows setting a specific charge or wage on the slave's own labor, as opposed to leasing their services to a third party.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.8.13.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.8.13.pr

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