Notae ad Iuliani Digestorum libros
Ex libro XII
Dig. 15,1,16Iulianus libro duodecimo digestorum. Quis ergo casus est, quo peculium servi communis ad alterum ex dominis solum pertineat? in primis si quis servi partem dimidiam vendiderit nec peculium ei concesserit: deinde si quis servo communi pecuniam vel res aliquas ea mente dederit, ut proprietatem earum retineret, administrationem autem servo concederet. Marcellus notat: est etiam ille casus, si alter ademerit: vel si omni quidem modo concesserit dominus sed in nominibus erit concessio.
Julianus, Digest, Book XII. What then would be the case where the peculium of a common slave belongs to one of his masters alone? In the first place, if any one sells a half share in a slave, and grants him no peculium, and then, if any one gives money or property of any description to a slave owned in common, in such a way as to retain the ownership of said property, but to grant the slave the management of the same; Marcellus says in a note that this is an instance where one owner has taken away the peculium, or where an owner has actually granted one, but the grant is applicable to the obligations of his debtors.