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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.7.50.pr

Exemption of Tutor for Force Majeure and Banker Failure

Passage 3885 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It provides that a tutor is not liable for loss if the pupil's property is destroyed by robbers or if a previously reputable banker fails to repay the deposited funds.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §26.7.50.prSi res pupillaris incursu latronum pereat uel argentarius, cui tutor pecuniam dedit, cum fuisset celeberrimus, solidum reddere non possit, nihil eo nomine tutor praestare cogitur.
[HERMOGENIANUS, from the second book of Epitomes of Law.] If the property of a pupil should perish by an inroad of robbers, or if a banker to whom the tutor gave money, although he had been of the highest repute, cannot repay the whole amount, the tutor is not compelled to make good anything on that account.

Notes

  1. 26.7.50.prcum fuisset celeberrimus — The cum clause with the pluperfect subjunctive expresses the circumstances or concession ('although he had been of the highest repute') at the past time when the tutor deposited the money, demonstrating the absence of negligence (culpa) on the tutor's part.
  2. 26.7.50.prsolidum — The neuter singular accusative of the adjective solidus used substantively, meaning 'the whole sum' or 'the entire amount'. It functions as the direct object of the infinitive reddere.
  3. 26.7.50.preo nomine — An ablative phrase literally meaning 'under that name'. In legal texts, it is an idiomatic expression meaning 'on that account' or 'in respect of that matter'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.7.50.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.7.50.pr

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