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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.1.13.pr-26.1.13.1

Curators and Assistants for Incapacitated Guardians

Passage 3741 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text explains that a curator may be appointed for a ward whose guardian is ill or aged, and that guardians who are unable to manage their duties may appoint an assistant at their own risk with the praetor's permission.

[POMPONIUS libro secundo enchiridii. ] §26.1.13.prSolet etiam curator dari aliquando tutorem habenti propter aduersam tutoris ualetudinem uel senium aetatis: qui magis administrator rerum, quam curator esse intellegitur.
[POMPONIUS, Enchiridion, Book 2.] Sometimes a curator is also accustomed to be appointed for one who already has a guardian, on account of the ill health or advanced age of the guardian; this person is understood to be an administrator of property rather than a curator.
§26.1.13.1Est etiam adiutor tutelae, quem solet praetor permittere tutoribus constituere, qui non possunt sufficere administrationi tutelae, ita tamen ut suo periculo eum constituant.
There is also an assistant of guardianship, whom the praetor is accustomed to permit guardians to appoint when they are not sufficient for the administration of the guardianship, provided, however, that they appoint him at their own risk.

Notes

  1. §26.1.13.prtutorem habenti — The present participle habenti is in the dative singular, modifying an implied noun (such as pupillo, 'for a ward who has a guardian'), serving as a dative of reference or indirect object of dari.
  2. §26.1.13.1ita tamen ut — A conjunctional phrase introducing a restrictive or conditional clause ('provided, however, that'). It specifies the condition under which the praetor permits the appointment, namely, that the guardians must bear the risk (liability) themselves.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.1.13.pr-26.1.13.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.1.13.pr-26.1.13.1

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