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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.2.pr

Prohibition of Soldiers Appointing Tutors for Dependent Children

Passage 3748 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian cites a rescript of the divine brothers stating that not even a soldier, despite military privileges, can appoint a tutor for children who will fall back under the power of another upon the testator's death.

[ULPIANUS libro secundo ad Sabinum. ] §26.2.2.prNec militem liberis recasuris in potestatem tutorem dare posse a diuis fratribus rescriptum est.
[ULPIANUS, from the second book on Sabinus.] It was also replied in a rescript by the divine brothers that not even a soldier can appoint a tutor for children who are to fall back under power.

Notes

  1. 26.2.2.prnec militem ... posse — The negative particle "nec" limits the subject accusative "militem" of the accusative-with-infinitive construction, meaning "not even a soldier can." This highlights that despite the broad privileges of a military will (testamentum militare), soldiers are not exempt from this restriction.
  2. 26.2.2.prrecasuris in potestatem — The future active participle "recasuris" (dative plural) modifies "liberis." It refers to children who, upon the testator's death, rather than becoming independent (sui iuris), are destined to fall back under the paternal power (patria potestas) of their actual, surviving household head (such as their father).
  3. 26.2.2.pra diuis fratribus — The "divine brothers" (divi fratres) is a standard designation in Roman jurisprudence referring to the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Verus (reigned 161–169 AD).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.2.pr

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