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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.4.6.pr

Devolution of Tutelage to Agnates in Intestacy

Passage 3797 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that when a parent dies without appointing a tutor, or when an appointed tutor dies while the ward is still a minor, the guardianship devolves to the agnates as in intestacy.

[PAULUS libro trigesimo octauo ad edictum. ] §26.4.6.prIntestato parente mortuo adgnatis defertur tutela.
[PAULUS, from the thirty-eighth book on the Edict.] When a parent dies intestate, the guardianship is devolved to the agnates.
Intestatus autem uidetur non tantum is qui testamentum non fecit, sed et is qui testamento liberis suis tutores non dedit: quantum enim ad tutelam pertinet, intestatus est.
Furthermore, not only is he who did not make a will deemed intestate, but also he who did not appoint tutors for his children in a will: for as far as it pertains to guardianship, he is intestate.
idem dicemus, si tutor testamento datus adhuc filio impubere manente decesserit: nam tutela eius ad adgnatum reuertitur.
We shall say the same if a tutor appointed in a will dies while the son is still under puberty: for his guardianship reverts to the agnate.

Notes

  1. §26.4.6.prIntestato parente mortuo — An ablative absolute construction consisting of a noun and participles/adjectives in the ablative case (which in the nominative would be intestatus parens mortuus est), functioning here as an adverbial phrase of time or condition: "when a parent dies intestate."
  2. §26.4.6.prquantum enim ad tutelam pertinet — An impersonal idiomatic expression using the relative adverb quantum, serving to define a limited scope: "for as far as it pertains to guardianship."
  3. §26.4.6.pradhuc filio impubere manente — An ablative absolute with the present participle manente, where filio impubere (the pupillary son) is the logical subject, describing the state of the ward (remaining under puberty) at the time of the tutor's death.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.4.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.4.6.pr

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