[MARCIANUS libro secundo institutionum. ] §26.2.14.prquia personae, non rei uel causae datur.
[MARCIANUS, from the second book of Institutions.] because [a tutor] is given to a person, not to a property or a lawsuit.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.14.pr
Guardians Given to Persons Rather than Property
Summary
Marcianus explains that the reason why the appointment of a guardian restricted to specific property or lawsuits is invalid is because a guardian is given to a person, not to property or a lawsuit.
Notes
- §26.2.14.prdatur — The subject of the verb datur (third-person singular present passive) is not explicitly stated, but is understood to be tutor (guardian) from the subject of datus fuerit in the preceding section (D. 26.2.13.pr).
- §26.2.14.prpersonae, non rei uel causae — Datives governed by the verb datur. persona (person), res (property/thing), and causa (cause/lawsuit) are contrasted. This demonstrates the legal principle that guardianship (tutela) is established for the protection of a "person," and cannot be appointed solely for a specific property or lawsuit.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.14.pr
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