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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.29.pr

Deadline for Notifying Appointees Living Abroad

Passage 3831 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text records a rescript of the deified Marcus, stating that if individuals appointed as tutors or curators are living abroad, the magistrates must notify them within thirty days.

[IDEM libro singulari de cognitionibus. ] §26.5.29.prSi peregre agant qui tutores uel curatores dati sunt, ut intra diem trigesimum notum his a magistratibus fiat, diuus Marcus rescripsit.
[THE SAME, from the single book on Extraordinary Proceedings.] The deified Marcus wrote in a rescript that, if those who have been appointed as tutors or curators are living abroad, notice of this should be given to them by the magistrates within thirty days.

Notes

  1. 26.5.29.prut ... notum his a magistratibus fiat — The `ut` clause expresses the purpose or the substance of the decision conveyed by the verb `rescripsit` (wrote in a rescript). `notum fiat` (should be made known) is the present subjunctive third-person singular of `fieri`, taking the dative `his` (to them, referring to the appointed tutors/curators) and the ablative of agent `a magistratibus` (by the magistrates).
  2. 26.5.29.prperegre agant — The verb `agere` is used here in the sense of "to live" or "to reside", accompanied by the adverb `peregre` (abroad, away from home), assuming a situation where the appointed persons are outside the jurisdiction. The present subjunctive `agant` marks a general or hypothetical condition introduced by `si`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.29.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.29.pr

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