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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.12.pr-27.1.12.1

Temporary and Permanent Excuses from Guardianship Due to Illness or Relocation

Passage 3952 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses temporary or permanent excusal from tutelage due to illness, and the conditions under which relocation and other justifications warrant permanent excusal.

[MODESTINUS libro tertio excusationum. ] §27.1.12.prIdem Ulpianus scribit: Sed in hoc rescripto adiectum est solere uel ad tempus uel in perpetuum excusari, prout ualetudo, qua adficitur.
[MODESTINUS in the third book on Excuses.] The same Ulpian writes: But in this rescript it was added that it is customary to be excused either temporarily or in perpetuity, according to the health by which one is affected.
furor autem non in totum excusat, sed efficit, ut curator interim detur.
But madness does not excuse entirely, but brings it about that a curator is given in the meantime.
§27.1.12.1Εἰσὶν καὶ ἄλλοι, οἵ, κἂν ἤδη ὦσιν ἐπίτροποι ἢ κουράτορες, διηνεκῶς λοιπὸν ἀπολύονται τῆς φροντίδος, οἷον οἱ τὴν ἑστίαν ἀλλαχοῦ μεταθεῖναι τυχόντες ἐξ ἀντιγραφῆς Βασιλέως, εἰδότος μὲν αὐτὸν ἐπιτροπεύειν, τὸ δὲ μετοικῆσαι ῥητῶς αὐτῷ φιλοτιμουμένου, καὶ τούτων ἑκάτερον δηλοῦντος τοῖς γράμμασιν.
There are also others who, even if they are already tutors or curators, are henceforth permanently released from their care, such as those who happen to transfer their hearth elsewhere by a rescript of the Emperor, (the Emperor) indeed knowing that he is acting as tutor, but explicitly granting him the favor of relocating, and declaring each of these things in the letter.

Notes

  1. §27.1.12.prprout ualetudo, qua adficitur — A verb (such as `postulat` or `se habet`) is omitted after the conjunction `prout`. `ualetudo` is the subject, modified by the relative clause `qua adficitur` (where `qua` is an ablative relative pronoun referring to `ualetudo`).
  2. §27.1.12.1εἰδότος μὲν αὐτὸν ἐπιτροπεύειν — A series of genitive absolutes starting with the present participle `εἰδότος`, agreeing with the preceding `Βασιλέως`. `αὐτόν` is the accusative subject of the infinitive `ἐπιτροπεύειν`. Note the shift to the singular from the plural reference `οἱ... τυχόντες`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.12.pr-27.1.12.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.12.pr-27.1.12.1

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