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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.4.4.pr

Fiduciary Tutelage of Siblings after Parent's Death

Passage 3795 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that upon the death of a parent who emancipated minor children, the adult brothers or sisters become their fiduciary tutors.

[MODESTINUS libro quarto differentiarium. ] §26.4.4.prQuo defuncto si liberi perfectae aetatis exsistant, fiduciarii tutores fratris uel sororis efficiuntur.
[MODESTINUS, from the fourth book of Differences.] Upon whose death, if there are children of full age, they become the fiduciary tutors of their brother or sister.

Notes

  1. §26.4.4.prQuo defuncto — An ablative absolute construction with the connecting relative pronoun `quo`, which refers back to the `parens` (parent) in the preceding section (26.4.3.10).
  2. §26.4.4.prperfectae aetatis — A genitive of quality modifying the subject `liberi` (children), indicating that they have reached the legal age of majority.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.4.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.4.4.pr

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