Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §14.3.10.pr

Ward's Liability to Extent of Enrichment without Tutor's Authority

Passage 2209 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stipulated that even if a ward appoints a manager without authorization, an action is granted against them to the extent of their enrichment from the transaction.

[GAIUS libro nono ad edictum prouinciale. ] §14.3.10.prEatenus tamen dabitur in eum actio, quatenus ex ea re locupletior est.

[GAIUS from the ninth book on the Provincial Edict.] Nevertheless, an action will be granted against him only to the extent that he has been enriched by that transaction.

Notes

§14.3.10.prEatenus tamen dabitur in eum actio, quatenus ex ea re locupletior est — The correlative adverbs eatenus ... quatenus express restriction, meaning "only to the extent that..." This qualifies the rule in the preceding section (14.3.9.pr) that a ward is not bound without the tutor's authority, indicating that the ward is exceptionally liable within the limits of actual enrichment (locupletior est).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §14.3.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:14.3.10.pr

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