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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.8.2.pr

Equivalence of Lack of Authorization and Improper Authorization

Passage 3898 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The passage points out that there is no difference in legal effect between a guardian's authority not being interposed at all and its being improperly granted.

[IDEM libro uicesimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §26.8.2.prNulla differentia est, non interueniat auctoritas tutoris an perperam adhibeatur.
[THE SAME, in the twenty-fourth book of his Commentary on Sabinus.] There is no difference whether the authority of a guardian is not interposed or is improperly granted.

Notes

  1. §26.8.2.prnon interueniat... an perperam adhibeatur — An indirect alternative question clause functioning as the subject or in apposition to Nulla differentia est. Unlike the standard alternative question constructions using correlatives such as utrum... an... or -ne... an..., the first clause omits utrum and features the subjunctive present interueniat with the negative non, followed by an in the second clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.8.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.8.2.pr

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