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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.25.pr

Term of Curatorship for an Impubes Until Puberty

Passage 3827 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that the term of office for a curator appointed for an impubes lasts until the day of puberty, after which the youth must petition for another curator for himself.

[IDEM libro decimo responsorum. ] §26.5.25.prCuratorem impuberi datum quacumque ex causa perseuerare in diem pubertatis in eadem cura respondi: ergo post pubertatem alium curatorem sibi petere debebit.
[THE SAME, from the tenth book of Opinions.] 'I answered that a curator appointed for an impubes, for whatever reason, continues in the same curatorship up to the day of puberty; therefore, after puberty, he will have to petition for another curator for himself.'

Notes

  1. §26.5.25.prcuratorem impuberi datum — curatorem is the subject accusative of the infinitive clause (with the infinitive perseuerare) governed by the main verb respondi ('I answered'). datum is a perfect passive participle modifying curatorem, taking impuberi (a minor under puberty) as its dative object.
  2. §26.5.25.prdebebit — Third-person singular future active indicative. The implied subject of this verb is the youth who has now reached puberty (previously referred to as impuberi). This is also confirmed by the reflexive pronoun sibi ('for himself').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.25.pr

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