Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.17.pr

Conditional Appointment of a Tutor for Someone in Status Dispute

Passage 3819 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a tutor can be appointed for someone litigating their status, but the appointment is valid only on the condition that the person is ultimately found to be free.

[ULPIANUS libro nono ad edictum. ] §26.5.17.prEi, qui de statu suo litigat, tutorem dari posse Pomponius scribit et uerum est, ut ita demum teneat datio, si liber est.

[ULPIANUS, from the ninth book on the Edict.] Pomponius writes that a tutor can be appointed for one who is litigating concerning his status, and this is true, provided that the appointment is valid only if he is free.

Notes

§26.5.17.prut ita demum teneat datio, si liber est — The conjunction ut restrictively introduces the condition for uerum est ('it is true'), meaning 'on the condition that...'. The correlative phrase ita demum ... si ('only if..., then and only then') sets a strict condition, showing that the validity (teneat) of the appointment of the tutor (datio) depends on the person being free (liber).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.17.pr

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