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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.7.10.pr

The Standard of the Paterfamilias and Defense of Pupils

Passage 3845 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the general rule that whenever a tutor fails to do in the name of the pupil what any suitable paterfamilias would do, the pupil is not considered to be legally defended.

[IDEM libro quadragesimo nono ad edictum. ] §26.7.10.prGeneraliter quotienscumque non fit nomine pupilli quod quiuis pater familias idoneus facit, non uidetur defendi: siue igitur solutionem siue iudicium siue stipulationem detrectat, defendi non uidetur.
[The same, in the forty-ninth book on the Edict.] Generally, whenever that which any suitable paterfamilias does is not done in the name of the pupil, the pupil is not deemed to be defended; therefore, whether he refuses payment, or a trial, or a stipulation, the pupil is not deemed to be defended.

Notes

  1. 26.7.10.prdefendi — A passive infinitive whose implied subject is the pupil (pupillus). In Roman law, "to be defended" (defendi) means to be properly represented in court as a defendant, which includes making necessary payments, giving security, or joining issue (litis contestatio).
  2. 26.7.10.prdetrectat — The subject of this verb is contextually the tutor (tutor) who administers and represents the pupil's estate. In contrast, the subject of the main clause "defendi non uidetur" is the pupil (pupillus), meaning there is a shift of subject between the clauses.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.7.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.7.10.pr

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