[IDEM libro octauo breuium. ] §26.2.21.prTestamento tutores hi dari possunt, cum quibus testamenti factio est.
[THE SAME, from the eighth book of Epitomes.] By will, those can be appointed tutors with whom there is the capacity to take under a will.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.21.pr
Testamentary Appointment and the Capacity of the Tutor
Summary
Paulus explains that only those who possess the capacity to take under a will (testamenti factio) can be appointed as tutors by will.
Notes
- §26.2.21.prcum quibus testamenti factio est — testamenti factio refers to 'testamentary capacity', specifically the passive capacity to be appointed or to benefit under a will. The phrase cum aliquo testamenti factio esse ('there is testamentary capacity with someone') is a standard legal idiom meaning that the person in question has the legal qualification to be appointed as a tutor or to receive a legacy under a will.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.21.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.21.pr
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