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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.17.pr

Prohibition of Compelling a Tutor to Authorize

Passage 3913 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage explains that if a tutor refuses to authorize a pupil's transaction, the praetor should not compel them to do so, as any resulting loss can be recovered through a guardianship action.

[IDEM libro sexto ad edictum. ] §26.8.17.prSi tutor pupillo nolit auctor fieri, non debet eum praetor cogere, primum quia iniquum est, etiamsi non expedit pupillo, auctoritatem eum praestare, deinde etsi expedit, tutelae iudicio pupillus hanc iacturam consequitur.
[THE SAME, in the sixth book on the Edict.] If a tutor is unwilling to become an authorizer for the pupil, the praetor ought not to compel him; first, because it is unjust, even if it is not advantageous to the pupil, for him to provide authorization; secondly, because even if it is advantageous, the pupil recovers this loss through the action on guardianship.

Notes

  1. §26.8.17.prauctoritatem eum praestare — An accusative-and-infinitive clause with the accusative 'eum' (referring to the tutor) as the subject of the infinitive 'praestare'. This clause serves as the subject of 'iniquum est'.
  2. §26.8.17.prhanc iacturam consequitur — The verb 'consequitur' (from 'consequor') is used here in the sense of 'recovering' or 'obtaining compensation for' a loss ('iacturam'). It indicates that the pupil can recover any damages arising from the tutor's refusal of authorization through the action on guardianship ('tutelae iudicio').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.17.pr

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