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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.9.2.pr

Ward's Equitable Action for Tutor's Misappropriation

Passage 3920 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is ruled that if a tutor or curator uses the ward's money for loans or purchasing property under his own name, an equitable action (utilis actio) is granted to the ward to recover the assets.

[ULPIANUS libro primo opinionum. ] §26.9.2.prSi tutor uel curator pecunia eius, cuius negotia administrat, mutua data ipse stipulatus fuerit uel praedia in nomen suum emerit, utilis actio ei, cuius pecunia fuit, datur ad rem uindicandam uel mutuam pecuniam exigendam.
[ULPIANUS, in the first book of Opinions.] If a tutor or a curator, having lent money belonging to the person whose affairs he administers, has personally stipulated for its return, or has purchased estates in his own name, an equitable action is granted to the person to whom the money belonged, either for the purpose of claiming the property or for demanding the loan.

Notes

  1. 26.9.2.prpecunia... mutua data — Ablative of means. The perfect passive participle 'mutua data' modifies 'pecunia', meaning 'by lending the money (as a loan)'.
  2. 26.9.2.prad rem uindicandam uel mutuam pecuniam exigendam — Expressions of purpose using the preposition 'ad' and gerundives. The former, 'ad rem uindicandam' (to claim the property), corresponds to 'praedia... emerit' (purchasing estates), while the latter, 'ad mutuam pecuniam exigendam' (to demand the loan), corresponds to 'pecunia... mutua data ipse stipulatus fuerit' (lending money and stipulating for its return).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.9.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.9.2.pr

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