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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.1.12.pr

Status of Guardians Appointed for Persons Absent on Public Duty

Passage 3740 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In response to the question of whether guardians appointed in place of a person absent on public business remain in office upon that person's death or whether new ones must be requested, Paulus answers that they continue in the same status until the pupil reaches puberty, provided the absent person does not return.

[IDEM libro decimo responsorum. ] §26.1.12.prQuaesitum est, an hi, qui in locum absentis rei publicae causa tutores dati sunt, mortuo illo tutores perseuerent, an alii petendi essent.
[THE SAME, Responsa, Book 10.] The question was asked whether those who have been appointed as guardians in place of a person absent on public business continue to be guardians upon his death, or whether others ought to have been applied for.
Paulus respondit eos, qui in locum absentis dati sunt, non reuerso eo in eadem causa perseuerare usque ad tempus pubertatis.
Paulus answered that those who have been appointed in place of an absent person, if he does not return, continue in the same status until the age of puberty.

Notes

  1. §26.1.12.prabsentis rei publicae causa — The adverbial ablative phrase 'rei publicae causa' (on public business) modifies the substantivized genitive present participle 'absentis' (of the absent person).
  2. §26.1.12.prmortuo illo — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the pronoun 'illo' (referring to the absent person) and the perfect participle 'mortuo', functioning adverbially as 'when he dies' or 'upon his death'.
  3. §26.1.12.pran hi ... tutores perseuerent, an alii petendi essent — An alternative indirect question introduced by the impersonal 'quaesitum est'. The first part uses the present subjunctive 'perseuerent' to ask about an ongoing state, while the second part uses the imperfect subjunctive 'essent' (with the gerundive 'petendi') to refer to a past obligation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.1.12.pr

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