Peculium
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PECULIUM, civil law. The savings which were made by a son or slave with the
consent of his father or master. Inst. 2, 9, 1; Dig. 15, 1, 5, 3; Poth. ad
Pand. lib. 50, tit. 17, c. 2, art. 3.
2. A master is not entitled to the extraordinary earnings of his
apprentice, which do not interfere with his services so as to affect his
master's profits. An apprentice was therefore decreed to be entitled to
salvage in opposition to his master's claim for it. 2 Cranch, 270.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.