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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.20.pr-26.5.20.1

Appointment of Curators for an Unborn Child and Existing Wards

Passage 3822 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a curator, unlike a tutor, can be appointed for an unborn child, and that the rule of law does not prevent the appointment of an additional curator for someone who already has one.

[MODESTINUS libro septimo differentiarium. ] §26.5.20.prUentri tutor a magistratibus populi Romani dari non potest, curator potest: nam de curatore constituendo edicto comprehensum est.
[MODESTINUS, from the seventh book of Differences.] A tutor cannot be appointed for an unborn child by the magistrates of the Roman people, but a curator can; for provision is made in the Edict for the appointment of a curator.
§26.5.20.1Curatorem habenti quo minus alius curator detur, regula iuris non est impedimento.
The rule of law is no impediment to prevent another curator from being appointed for someone who already has a curator.

Notes

  1. §26.5.20.pruentri — Dative singular of the noun venter (belly, womb, fetus). Here it functions as a dative of advantage (dativus commodi) for the unborn child.
  2. §26.5.20.1curatorem habenti — Dative singular of the active present participle habens, used substantively to mean 'one who has (already) a curator.' It is a dative of reference with respect to the predicate impedimento.
  3. §26.5.20.1quo minus... non est impedimento — The word impedimento is a dative of purpose ('as an impediment'). Following the negative expression of hindrance 'non est impedimento' (is not an impediment), the conjunction quo minus introduces a clause in the subjunctive (detur) expressing what is prevented ('preventing another curator from being appointed').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.20.pr-26.5.20.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.20.pr-26.5.20.1

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