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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.3.6.pr

Confirmation Without Inquiry for Inverted Tutor and Curator Appointments

Passage 3786 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that even if a father appoints a tutor or curator for his son in a reversed manner, the praetor must confirm them without an inquiry.

[IDEM libro quinto responsorum. ] §26.3.6.prSi filio puberi pater tutorem aut impuberi curatorem dederit, citra inquisitionem praetor eos confirmare debebit.
[THE SAME, from the fifth book of Responses.] If a father has appointed a tutor for a pubescent son or a curator for an impubescent one, the praetor ought to confirm them without an inquiry.

Notes

  1. §26.3.6.prfilio puberi pater tutorem aut impuberi curatorem dederit — In Roman law, a tutor is typically appointed for an impubescent person (impubes) and a curator for a pubescent person (pubes). Here, the associations are reversed (a tutor for a pubescent son, and a curator for an impubescent one). Despite this misnomer, the father's intent is respected, and the praetor must confirm them without the usual inquiry (citra inquisitionem). The verb dederit is in the future perfect indicative, indicating a condition prior to the main action of debebit (simple future).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.3.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.3.6.pr

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