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Definition of Peculium
1. n. The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property.
Definition of Peculium
1. private property [n -LIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculium
Literary usage of Peculium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines by Henry John Roby (1902)
"The case is different when a slave is common to two or more joint owners, so that
the whole peculium wherever it may be belongs to one as much as to the ..."
2. Studies in Roman Law, with Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie (1865)
"This was called peculium castrense. Under Constantine, about three centuries later,
... All acquisitions of this kind were called peculium quasi castrense. ..."
3. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by William Gardiner Hammond (1876)
"This castrense peculium consisted of all that was given to a son when setting
out upon military service, or acquired while that service lasted. ..."
4. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation and Notes by Thomas Collett Sandars, Emperor of the East Justinian (1905)
"The sou might have a peculium or property under his control, which, so far as
third persons went, who could sue and recover to the extent of the peculium, ..."
5. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"peculium. — LABOR. LABOR is obligatory on persons sentenced to imprisonment, ...
The peculium is divided into two equal parts : one part may be used by the ..."
6. A Compendium of Roman Law: Founded on the Institutes of Justinian, Together by Gordon Campbell (1892)
"peculium. peculium, or separate property of the filius familias. By the old strict
law the son under power could have no property of his own, but whatever ..."
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