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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.3.pr

Authority of Municipal Magistrates to Appoint Tutors

Passage 3805 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that municipal magistrates have the right to appoint tutors, with the restriction that they may only appoint someone from the same municipality or its territory.

[IDEM libro trigesimo sexto ad edictum. ] §26.5.3.prIus dandi tutores datum est omnibus magistratibus municipalibus eoque iure utimur, sed illum, qui ab eodem municipio uel agro eiusdem municipii est.
[THE SAME, from the thirty-sixth book on the Edict.] The right of appointing tutors is given to all municipal magistrates, and we follow this rule, but only to the extent of appointing a person who belongs to the same municipality or to the territory of that municipality.

Notes

  1. §26.5.3.prsed illum — Following the phrase `ius dandi tutores` (the right of appointing tutors) in the first clause, a verb form such as `dare possunt` (they can appoint) or `dandum esse` (is to be appointed) is understood after `sed illum`. This ellipsis indicates that municipal magistrates are restricted to appointing individuals who belong to the same municipality or its territory.
  2. §26.5.3.preoque iure utimur — `eo iure` is an ablative acting as the object of the verb `utimur` (first-person plural present of `utor`), which governs the ablative case. Literally meaning "and we use this law," it indicates that this legal practice is currently in force and actively applied.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.3.pr

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