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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.15.pr

Appointment of a Curator to Replace an Absent Tutor

Passage 3817 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that a general curator must be appointed for all matters to replace a tutor who is absent on public business.

[PAULUS libro secundo ad edictum. ] §26.5.15.prIn omnem rem curator dandus est in eius tutoris locum, qui rei publicae causa afuit:
[PAULUS, from the second book on the Edict.] A curator must be appointed for all matters in the place of that tutor who was absent on public business:

Notes

  1. §26.5.15.prin omnem rem — Meaning "for all matters" or "for the entire estate," indicating the appointment of a general curator who manages all affairs, rather than a special curator limited to specific transactions.
  2. §26.5.15.prrei publicae causa — An idiomatic expression where the genitive rei publicae (state, public affair) modifies the postpositional ablative causa (for the sake of, on account of), meaning "on public business."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.15.pr

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