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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.2.35.pr-12.2.35.2

Capacity to Tender Oaths and Exemption from Swearing

Passage 1932 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text regulates the exceptional tendering of an oath by a tutor when other proofs are lacking, the prohibition of such tenders by disqualified persons like prodigals, and the exemption from swearing for those who are not obliged to accept a trial in Rome.

[PAULUS libro uicesimo octauo ad edictum. ] §12.2.35.prTutor pupilli omnibus probationibus aliis deficientibus iusiurandum deferens audiendus est: quandoque enim pupillo denegabitur actio.
[PAULUS, Book 28 on the Edict.] The tutor of a ward, if all other proofs are lacking, must be heard when tendering an oath; for otherwise, an action will sometimes be denied to the ward.
§12.2.35.1Prodigus si deferat iusiurandum, audiendus non est: idemque in ceteris similibus ei dicendum est.
If a prodigal should tender an oath, he is not to be heard; and the same must be said of others similar to him.
nam siue pro pacto conuento siue pro solutione siue pro iudicio hoc iusiurandum cedit, non ab aliis delatum probari debet, quam qui ad haec habiles sunt.
For whether this oath stands in place of an agreement, or of a payment, or of a judgment, it ought not to be approved when tendered by others than those who are qualified for these acts.
§12.2.35.2Qui non compelluntur Romae iudicium accipere, nec iurare compellendi sunt, ut legati prouinciales.
Those who are not compelled to accept a trial at Rome are not to be compelled to swear either, such as provincial legates.

Notes

  1. §12.2.35.promnibus probationibus aliis deficientibus — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun phrase "omnibus probationibus aliis" and the present participle "deficientibus", expressing a conditional or circumstantial meaning: "if/when all other proofs are lacking."
  2. §12.2.35.1non ab aliis delatum probari debet, quam qui ad haec habiles sunt — The construction "non... quam..." expresses limitation ("not by others... than those...", i.e., "only by those..."). "delatum" is a perfect passive participle modifying "iusiurandum". The sentence means that an oath should not be approved when tendered by anyone other than those who have the legal capacity for these transactions.
  3. §12.2.35.2Romae — The locative singular form of the first-declension noun "Roma", indicating location: "at Rome."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.2.35.pr-12.2.35.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.2.35.pr-12.2.35.2

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