[LICINIUS RUFINUS libro tertio regularum. ] §1.16.15.prEt legati proconsulum tutores dare possunt.
[LICINIUS RUFINUS, from the third book of Rules.] The legates of proconsuls also can appoint guardians.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.16.15.pr
Authority of Proconsular Legates to Appoint Guardians
Summary
Quoting Licinius Rufinus, this passage states that the legates of proconsuls also have the authority to appoint guardians.
Notes
- §1.16.15.prEt — The conjunction Et at the beginning of the sentence functions here in the sense of "also" rather than "and", following previous rules on the proconsul's own powers, to emphasize that their legates (legati) are likewise authorized to appoint guardians.
- §1.16.15.prtutores dare — Although the verb dare literally means "to give," when combined with the object tutores (guardians), it carries the technical legal meaning of "to appoint" or "to designate" guardians.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §1.16.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.16.15.pr
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