- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.4.49.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
This section explains that even if the sale of property belonging to a ward or a minor is legally permitted, the transaction can be revoked through restoration to the original condition if a significant loss is incurred, even in the absence of collusion.
[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo quinto ad edictum.]
[ULPIANUS, in the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.]
Si res pupillaris uel adulescentis distracta fuerit,1 quam lex distrahi non prohibet, uenditio quidem ualet, uerumtamen si grande damnum pupilli uel adulescentis uersatur,2 etiam si collusio non intercessit, distractio per in integrum restitutionem reuocatur.
If property of a ward or of a minor, which the law does not prohibit from being sold, has been sold, the sale is indeed valid; nevertheless, if a great loss to the ward or the minor is involved, even if no collusion took place, the sale is revoked by means of restoration to the original condition.
- 4.4.49.prdistracta fuerit
The verb distrahere (and the noun distractio in the main clause) is used in classical legal sources specifically to mean "to sell off" or "to dispose of" assets, departing from its general literal meaning of "to pull apart" or "to separate."
- 4.4.49.pruersatur
In the conditional clause introduced by si, the passive/deponent verb uersari with damnum (loss) as its subject means "to be involved," "to be present," or "to arise."