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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.10.pr

Exemption of Tutor Unable to Authorize with Just Cause

Passage 3906 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stipulated that a tutor who could not grant authority due to illness, absence, or another just cause is not held liable.

[PAULUS libro uicesimo quarto ad edictum. ] §26.8.10.prTutor, qui per ualetudinem uel absentiam uel aliam iustam causam auctor fieri non potuit, non tenetur.
[PAULUS, in the twenty-fourth book of his Commentary on the Edict.] A tutor who, because of ill health, absence, or other just cause, could not grant his authority, is not held liable.

Notes

  1. §26.8.10.prauctor fieri — Literally "to become an authorizer" or "guarantor," referring to the tutor's act of granting authority (auctoritatem interponere) to the transaction.
  2. §26.8.10.prtenetur — Passive voice of the verb tenere (to hold, bind). In legal contexts, it means to be "bound" by an obligation or to be "held liable."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.10.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.10.pr

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