Definition of "peculium" []

• The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own. (noun)
• A special fund for private and personal uses. (noun)

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• "10 The action claiming an account of a peculium is a remedy introduced by the praetor against a master or a father."
• "The "peculium" was the sum of money which a son in his minority was allowed by his father to be in possession of."
• "The civil code of Louisiana declares: "_All that a slave possesses belongs to his master_ -- he possesses nothing of his own, except his peculium, that is to say, the sum of money or moveable estate, which"