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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.19.pr

Curators for Pupils and Necessity of Tutor's Authorization

Passage 3915 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is stated that a curator can be appointed for a person below the age of puberty, but the tutor's authorization remains necessary for performing legal formalities.

[IDEM libro nono responsorum. ] §26.8.19.prCuratorem etiam impuberi dari posse, sed ad ea, quae sollemnitatem iuris desiderant, explicanda tutore auctore opus esse.
[THE SAME, in the ninth book of Opinions.] (He replied that) a curator can be appointed even for a person below the age of puberty, but to transact those matters which require legal formalities, the authorization of the tutor is necessary.

Notes

  1. §26.8.19.prdari posse — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction in indirect speech, with the governing verb (such as *respondit* "he replied") omitted. This reflects the form of a legal opinion (*responsum*) collected in the work.
  2. §26.8.19.prad ea, quae sollemnitatem iuris desiderant, explicanda — The preposition *ad* is construed with the gerundive *explicanda* and its headword *ea* (neuter plural) to express purpose ("to carry out those matters"). The pronoun *ea* is modified by the relative clause *quae... desiderant*.
  3. §26.8.19.prtutore auctore — The impersonal expression *opus esse* (infinitive of *opus est*, "there is need of") typically governs the ablative case of the thing needed. Here, the phrase *tutore auctore* (literally "with the tutor as authorizer", meaning "the authorization of the tutor") functions as this ablative complement.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.19.pr

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