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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.2.27.pr-26.2.27.1

Appointment of Tutor Amid Disputes Over Wills and Status

Passage 3773 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains the legal principle and Julian's response regarding cases where the validity of a will or the status of a son is disputed, requiring the praetor to confirm or appoint a tutor to avoid prejudice to the lawsuit.

[TRYPHONINUS libro quarto decimo disputationum. ] §26.2.27.prIdem fiet, si intestatum decessisse patrem pupilli nomine defendatur falsumue testamentum nomine pupilli dicatur et si patruus exstet legitimus tutor futurus ab intestato, quia tutorem habenti tutor dari non potest.
[TRYPHONINUS, from the fourteenth book of Disputations.] The same shall be done if it is asserted on behalf of the pupillus that the father died intestate, or if it is said on behalf of the pupillus that the testament is forged, and if there is a paternal uncle who would be the legitimate tutor ab intestato, because a tutor cannot be given to one who already has a tutor.
nam commodius ipse, qui scriptura continetur, a praetore dabitur, ut sine ullo litis praeiudicio iustus tutor auctor pupillo ad eam litem fiat.
For it is more convenient that he himself who is designated in the writing should be given by the praetor, so that, without any prejudice to the lawsuit, a lawful tutor may become the auctor for the pupillus in that lawsuit.
§26.2.27.1Cum autem ipse patruus, quem tutorem legitimum sibi dicebat pupillus esse, subiectum filium criminaretur et ad se legitimam hereditatem pertinere contenderet, alium tutorem petendum Iulianus respondit.
However, when the paternal uncle himself, whom the pupillus said was his legitimate tutor, accused him of being a supposititious son and contended that the legitimate inheritance belonged to himself, Julian responded that another tutor must be requested.

Notes

  1. §26.2.27.prIdem fiet — Refers to the procedure mentioned in the preceding section (26.2.26.2) where "the same tutor must be confirmed by the praetor." It indicates that the same measure applies to the specific situation where the validity of the will is under dispute.
  2. §26.2.27.prtutorem habenti — The dative of the present participle habens, serving as the indirect object of the impersonal passive construction dari non potest (cannot be given). It means "to one who already has a tutor."
  3. §26.2.27.1subiectum filium — The perfect passive participle of subicio (to substitute, forge) functioning adjectivally to mean "a supposititious son" (a child falsely substituted as one's own). It acts as the subject accusative of the infinitive clause under criminaretur.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.2.27.pr-26.2.27.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.2.27.pr-26.2.27.1

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