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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.1.10.pr

Appointment of Non-Citizens as Guardians of Municipal Citizens

Passage 3738 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It rules that even a person who is not a citizen of a municipality can be appointed as a guardian, provided that the ward is a citizen of that municipality.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §26.1.10.prEtiam non municeps tutor dari potest, dummodo municipi detur.
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, Book 2.] Even one who is not a citizen of the same municipality can be appointed as a guardian, provided that he is given to a citizen of that municipality.

Notes

  1. §26.1.10.prmunicipi — Dative singular of the noun municeps (citizen of a municipality), serving as the indirect object of the passive verb detur (be given/appointed). It stands in contrast to the subject non municeps (non-citizen) of the main clause, indicating that the ward is a citizen of the municipality in question.
  2. §26.1.10.prdummodo — A conjunction introducing a proviso or condition, taking the present subjunctive detur, meaning 'provided that' or 'so long as'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.1.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.1.10.pr

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