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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.7.15.pr

Tutor's Liability for Neglecting Collection and Investment

Passage 3850 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provisions the liability of an appointed tutor for both the principal and interest if he fails to sue debtors, leading to their insolvency, or fails to invest the pupil's money within a specific period.

[IDEM libro secundo sententiarum. ] §26.7.15.prSi tutor constitutus quos inuenerit debitores non conuenerit ac per hoc minus idonei efficiantur, uel intra sex primos menses pupillares pecunias non collocauerit, ipse in debitam pecuniam et in usuras eius pecuniae quam non faenerauit conuenitur.
[THE SAME in the second book of Opinions.] If an appointed tutor does not sue the debtors whom he has found, and through this they become less solvent, or if he does not invest the pupil's money within the first six months, he himself is sued for the money due and for interest on that money which he did not lend out.

Notes

  1. §26.7.15.prquos inuenerit debitores — The antecedent debitores is incorporated into the relative clause quos inuenerit, being equivalent to debitores quos inuenerit ('the debtors whom he has found').
  2. §26.7.15.prconuenerit / conuenitur — The verb convenire is used in a legal sense meaning 'to sue' or 'to demand payment'. The active non convenerit refers to the tutor not suing the debtors, while the passive convenitur refers to the tutor himself being sued.
  3. §26.7.15.prminus idonei — The adjective idoneus in a legal context means 'solvent' or 'capable of paying'. Thus, minus idonei indicates that they become less solvent (less capable of meeting their debts).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.7.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.7.15.pr

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