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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.11.pr

Tutor's Decision on Estate Possession and Liability

Passage 3907 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states that the tutor's or curator's decision should be respected regarding the acceptance or rejection of the possession of goods belonging to a ward or madman to expedite affairs, and holds them liable for any actions contrary to their charge's interest.

[GAIUS libro quinto decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §26.8.11.prSi ad pupillum aut furiosum bonorum possessio pertineat, expediendarum rerum gratia et in agnoscenda et in repudianda bonorum possessione uoluntatem tutoris curatorisque spectari debere placuit: qui scilicet si quid eorum contra commodum pupilli furiosiue fecerint, tutelae curationisue iudicio tenebuntur.
[GAIUS, in the fifteenth book of his Commentary on the Provincial Edict.] If the possession of goods should belong to a ward or a madman, it has been decided that, for the purpose of expediting matters, the will of the tutor and the curator should be looked to both in accepting and in rejecting the possession of goods; and if they should do any of these things against the interest of the ward or the madman, they will of course be held liable under the action of guardianship or curatorship.

Notes

  1. §26.8.11.prplacuit — Perfect tense of the impersonal verb placere, meaning 'it has been decided' or 'it is accepted'. It is used to express an established legal rule or consensus among jurists. Its subject is the accusative with infinitive clause uoluntatem ... spectari debere.
  2. §26.8.11.prqui — Relative connection (relative pronoun at the beginning of a clause). The antecedent is the genitive tutoris curatorisque in the preceding clause, functioning as the subject of the main clause ('and they').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.11.pr

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