| Thus the slave gets a chance of acquiring what will be as a matter of fact a peculium. |
| The institution of the peculium, or private fund, is of the first necessity for this purpose. |
| The peculium, or private acquisitions of a slave by economy or donation, ought to be reckoned his property. |
| Some places, such as Rome, allowed slaves to accumulate, manage, and use property in a peculium that was legally revocable but could be used to purchase their freedom. |
| If they were not slaves they could not have peculium in the technical sense. |
| A son could acquire no property but with his father's consent, and what he thus acquired was called his peculium as of a slave. |
