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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.19.pr

Exemption of Italian Domiciliaries from Provincial Administration

Passage 3960 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section states the common practice that those who have their domicile in Italy are excused from administering property situated in the provinces.

[IDEM libro trigesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §27.1.19.prIllud usitatissimum est, ut his, qui in Italia domicilium habeant, administratio rerum prouincialium remittatur.
[THE SAME, from the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.] It is most customary that the administration of provincial affairs be remitted to those who have their domicile in Italy.

Notes

  1. §27.1.19.prIllud ... ut ... remittatur — The preparatory neuter singular pronoun "illud" anticipates and refers to the following "ut" clause (a substantive clause with the present subjunctive "remittatur").
  2. §27.1.19.prrerum prouincialium — Refers to the "property (res)" located in the provinces. This is a provision concerning the privilege of excuse (excusatio) from tutelage, whereby a tutor residing in Italy is excused (remittere) from administering property situated in the provinces.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.19.pr

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