peculium

/ (pɪˈkjuːlɪəm) /

Roman law property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own

Word Origin for peculium

C17: from Latin; see peculiar

The institution of the peculium, or private fund, is of the first necessity for this purpose.

Old and New Paris, v. 2 |Henry Sutherland Edwards
Thus the slave gets a chance of acquiring what will be as a matter of fact a peculium.

Domesday Book and Beyond |Frederic William Maitland
The "peculium" is, of course, elastic, and there is no particular place for drawing the line in the banker's book.

Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) |Various
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.

Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology |Charles K. Dillaway

If they were not slaves they could not have peculium in the technical sense.

The Letters of Cassiodorus |Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)