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Peculium

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

LatIn Roman law. Such private property as might be held by a slave, wife or son who was under the patria potestas, separate from the property of the father or master, and in the personal disposal of the owner.

Peculium castreuse. In Roman law. That kind of peculium, which a son acquired in war, or from his connection with the camp, (castrum.) Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 9, § 474.