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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.12.pr

Prohibition of Appointing Tutors for Specific Matters

Passage 3758 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a guardian cannot be appointed by will for specific assets or legal causes, nor can they be appointed with specific assets excluded.

[IDEM libro trigesimo octauo ad Sabinum. ] §26.2.12.prCertarum rerum uel causarum testamento tutor dari non potest nec deductis rebus
[THE SAME, from the thirty-eighth book on Sabinus.] A guardian cannot be appointed by will for specific things or causes, nor with specific things excluded.

Notes

  1. §26.2.12.prCertarum rerum uel causarum — A genitive modifying the noun tutor, limiting the scope of guardianship to specific objects. In Roman law, guardianship is a comprehensive responsibility (universum ius) extending to the ward's entire persona and estate; hence, it cannot be restricted to specific assets (rerum) or specific legal disputes (causarum).
  2. §26.2.12.prdeductis rebus — An ablative absolute consisting of the perfect passive participle of deducere (to deduct, exclude) in the feminine ablative plural and the noun res in the ablative plural. Meaning 'with specific assets deducted (excluded)', it indicates that it is also impermissible to appoint a guardian over the estate while excluding certain specific assets from the scope of guardianship.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.12.pr

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