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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.15.pr

Validity of Appointing Tutors for Regional Property

Passage 3761 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Designating a tutor for properties located in a specific region is considered legally valid in practice, despite the general rule.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo octauo ad Sabinum. ] §26.2.15.prSi tamen tutor detur rei Africanae uel rei Syriaticae, utilis datio est: hoc enim iure utimur.
[ULPIANUS, from the thirty-eighth book on Sabinus.] If, however, a tutor is given for African property or Syrian property, the designation is valid; for we employ this rule of law.

Notes

  1. 26.2.15.prutilis — Although the preceding section (§26.2.14.pr) states the general rule that a tutor is given to a person (persona) and not to a property (res), this section deems the designation restricted to properties in a specific region (such as African or Syrian properties) to be practically "valid" (utilis).
  2. 26.2.15.prhoc enim iure utimur — The verb `utor` (to use/employ) governs the ablative `iure` (law). The phrase "we employ this rule of law" is a formulaic expression indicating that this exceptional practice was a well-established custom in contemporary legal administration.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.15.pr

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