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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.5.5.pr

Governor's Power to Appoint Tutors for Absent Parties

Passage 3807 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that it has always been established that a provincial governor can appoint a tutor regardless of whether the tutor or the ward is present or absent.

[GAIUS libro duodecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §26.5.5.prIllud semper constitit praesidem posse tutorem dare tam absentem quam praesentem et tam praesenti quam absenti
[GAIUS, from the twelfth book on the provincial edict.] It has always been established that a provincial governor can appoint as a tutor a person who is either absent or present, and that he can do so for a ward who is either present or absent.

Notes

  1. §26.5.5.prIllud — The demonstrative pronoun in the neuter nominative singular, which anticipates the content of the following accusative with infinitive clause `praesidem posse...` acting as the subject of the impersonal verb `constitit`.
  2. §26.5.5.prtam absentem quam praesentem et tam praesenti quam absenti — The accusative adjective pair `absentem... praesentem` modifies the appointed tutor (`tutorem`, accusative), whereas the dative adjective pair `praesenti... absenti` refers to the ward (the indirect object of the verb `dare`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.5.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.5.5.pr

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