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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.15.pr

Tutor's Authorization in Litigation Between Wards

Passage 3911 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses whether a tutor, when authorizing a lawsuit between two of his wards (one bringing and one accepting the suit), must grant authorization twice, or if a single authorization intended for both is sufficient.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo regularum. ] §26.8.15.prAccipientis et edentis iudicium idem tutor auctor utrique fit.
[MARCIANUS, in the second book of the Rules.] In a trial of one who brings and one who accepts the suit, the same tutor becomes the authorizer for both.
sed hoc utrum ita est, si bis auctor factus est, an et una auctoritas sufficiat eo animo, ut ad utrumque pertineat? dubitat quidem Pomponius, sed fortiter defenditur sufficere unam auctoritatem.
But is this so only if he has authorized twice, or is even a single authorization sufficient, provided it is done with the intention that it applies to both? Pomponius, indeed, doubts this, but it is strongly maintained that a single authorization is sufficient.

Notes

  1. §26.8.15.prAccipientis et edentis iudicium — This phrase uses the genitive of present participles representing the parties who "bring the suit" (iudicium edere) and "accept the suit" (iudicium accipere), setting the stage for a lawsuit between two wards under the same tutor.
  2. §26.8.15.preo animo, ut ad utrumque pertineat — The ablative phrase eo animo ("with the intention") is modified by the ut clause with the subjunctive, which explains the content of the intention.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.15.pr

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