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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.9.4.pr

Ward's Exemption from Tutor's External Fraud

Passage 3922 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian argues that if a tutor commits a fraudulent act externally, outside the scope of the ward's affairs, it must not cause any prejudice to the ward.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagesimo quarto ad edictum. ] §26.9.4.prAt si extrinsecus aliquid tutor dolo admiserit, pupillo nihil nocere oportet.
[ULPIAN, in the sixty-fourth book on the Edict.] But if a tutor has committed some fraud externally, it ought not to prejudice the ward in any way.

Notes

  1. §26.9.4.prextrinsecus — It refers to an act committed "externally" or "in relation to third parties," as contrasted with acts performed within the scope of administering the ward's accounts.
  2. §26.9.4.prnihil — Used as an adverbial accusative, modifying the intransitive verb nocere (to harm) to express a strong negation, meaning "in no way" or "not at all."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.9.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.9.4.pr

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