| The peculium, or private acquisitions of a slave by economy or donation, ought to be reckoned his property. |
| Talented slaves with a knack for business might accumulate a large enough peculium to justify their freedom, or be manumitted for services rendered. |
| For other references to the peculium for clothing, see Visit. |
| Freely's business, and he would be obliged to quit it without a peculium so desirable towards defraying the expense of moving. |
| If they were not slaves they could not have peculium in the technical sense. |
| 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. |
