- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-10
If a ward enters into an arbitration agreement without their tutor's authority, the arbitrator is not compelled to give an award since the ward is not bound by the penalty, unless a surety has been provided.
[GAIUS libro quinto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS in his fifth book on the Provincial Edict.]
Si pupillus sine tutoris auctoritate compromiserit, non est arbiter cogendus pronuntiare,1 quia si contra eum pronuntietur, poena non tenetur:2 praeterquam si fideiussorem dederit, a quo poena peti possit. idque et Iulianus sentit.
If a ward has entered into an arbitration agreement without the authority of his tutor, the arbitrator is not to be compelled to give an award, because, if an award is made against him, he is not bound by the penalty; except if he has provided a surety from whom the penalty can be recovered. And Julian also is of this opinion.
- 4.8.35.prnon est arbiter cogendus pronuntiare
The subject is 'arbiter', and 'cogendus est' is a gerundive construction expressing necessity or obligation. 'pronuntiare' functions as a complementary infinitive with 'cogendus'.
- 4.8.35.prpoena non tenetur
The noun 'poena' is an ablative of means or cause. Combined with the passive verb 'tenetur' (from 'tenere'), it means 'is not bound by the penalty', i.e., is not liable for it.