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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.1.16.pr-26.1.16.1

Male Requirement for Guardianship and Statutory Succession

Passage 3744 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains that guardianship is generally a male duty and cannot be transferred by inheritance, except for statutory guardianships, which pass exclusively to male children of full age.

[GAIUS libro duodecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §26.1.16.prTutela plerumque uirile officium est.
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, Book 12.] Guardianship is generally a man's duty.
§26.1.16.1Et sciendum est nullam tutelam hereditario iure ad alium transire: sed ad liberos uirilis sexus perfectae aetatis descendunt legitimae, ceterae non descendunt.
And it must be known that no guardianship passes to another by hereditary right; but statutory guardianships descend to male children of full age, whereas others do not descend.

Notes

  1. §26.1.16.1sciendum est — An impersonal gerundive construction expressing necessity or obligation ('it must be known'), taking the accusative-with-infinitive clause (nullam tutelam... transire) as its subject.
  2. §26.1.16.1perfectae aetatis — A genitive of quality (genitivus qualitatis) modifying 'liberos' (children), indicating the legal status of having reached full age.
  3. §26.1.16.1legitimae — A nominative feminine plural adjective with the noun 'tutelae' omitted, referring to 'statutory guardianships'. The same omission of 'tutelae' applies to 'ceterae' (the others).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.1.16.pr-26.1.16.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.1.16.pr-26.1.16.1

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