- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.4.25.pr-4.4.25.1
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
The text discusses that a minor is granted an analogous action for recovery even if they paid a non-existent debt under circumstances where civil law does not allow recovery, and that a petition for restitution must be made either by the minor themselves or by a procurator with a specific mandate.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS in the fourth book on the Provincial Edict.]
Illud non habet dubitationem, quin minor si non debitum soluerit ex ea causa, ex qua iure ciuili repetitio non est danda, sit ei utilis actio1 ad repetendum: cum et maioribus uiginti quinque annis2 iustis ex causis dari solet repetitio.
There is no doubt that if a minor has paid what was not due for a reason based on which a recovery is not granted under civil law, an analogous action for recovery should be granted to him; since a recovery is usually granted even to persons over twenty-five years of age for just causes.
Si talis interueniat iuuenis, cui praestanda sit restitutio, ipso postulante3 praestari debet aut procuratori eius, cui id ipsum nominatim mandatum sit: qui uero generale mandatum de uniuersis negotiis gerendis alleget, non debet audiri.
If such a young person appears, to whom restitution ought to be granted, it must be granted upon his own petition, or to his procurator to whom this very thing has been specifically mandated; but he who alleges a general mandate for conducting all affairs ought not to be heard.
- 4.4.25.prutilis actio
Refers to an "analogous action" (utilis actio) granted by the praetor by modifying the formula for the sake of relief, when the ordinary recovery (repetitio) under civil law is not available.
- 4.4.25.prmaioribus uiginti quinque annis
Ablative of comparison viginti quinque annis with the comparative maioribus, meaning "persons over twenty-five years of age" (i.e., adults). It is in the dative case as the indirect object of dari.
- 4.4.25.1ipso postulante
Ablative absolute consisting of ipse and the present participle postulante, expressing the condition "upon his own petition" (if he himself requests it).