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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.7.18.pr-26.7.18.1

Managing Tutor's Liability and Multiple Guardians

Passage 3853 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It establishes that a tutor who has managed a pupil's affairs is liable under the guardianship action even if no formal approval was required, and that bringing an action against one of multiple tutors does not release the other.

[IULIANUS libro uicesimo primo digestorum. ] §26.7.18.prQui tutor negotia pupilli gessit, quamuis in nulla re auctor pupillo fuerit, quin tutelae iudicio teneatur, dubitari non oportet: quid enim prohibet ita patrimonium pupilli compositum esse, ut nihil gerere necesse sit, in quo tutoris auctoritas interponi debeat? §26.7.18.1Ex duobus tutoribus si cum altero actum fuerit, alter non liberabitur.
[JULIANUS in the twenty-first book of the Digests.]\n\nIt must not be doubted that a tutor who has administered the affairs of a pupil, although he has not given his authority to the pupil in any matter, is bound by the action of guardianship; for what prevents the estate of a pupil from being so structured that it is not necessary to conduct anything in which the authority of the tutor must be interposed?\n\nOf two tutors, if an action has been brought against one, the other will not be discharged.

Notes

  1. §26.7.18.prquin tutelae iudicio teneatur — A subordinate clause following the negative expression of doubt 'dubitari non oportet'. It uses 'quin' + subjunctive ('teneatur') to mean 'that [he] is bound'. 'tutelae iudicio' is an ablative of means, meaning 'by the action of guardianship'.
  2. §26.7.18.prquid enim prohibet ita patrimonium pupilli compositum esse — The verb 'prohibet' takes the accusative and infinitive clause 'patrimonium pupilli compositum esse' (that the estate of the pupil is structured) as its object. This is a rhetorical question with 'quid' (what) as the subject, meaning 'for what prevents...?' (i.e., nothing prevents it).
  3. §26.7.18.1cum altero actum fuerit — The future perfect of the passive impersonal construction 'actum est' (an action is brought) from the legal idiom 'cum aliquo agere' (to bring an action against someone). 'altero' is the ablative of 'alter', referring to 'one of the two'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.7.18.pr-26.7.18.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.7.18.pr-26.7.18.1

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