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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.28.pr-27.1.28.2

Retention of Legacies after Excuse and Exiled Tutors

Passage 3969 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Papinianus discusses the assertion of privileges by a petitioned tutor before the decree, the retention of parental legacies by tutors after excuse (with an exception for a son), and the replacement of a temporarily exiled tutor by a curator.

[PAPINIANUS libro quinto responsorum. ] §27.1.28.prTutor petitus ante decreti diem si aliquod priuilegium quaerit, recte petitionem institutam excludere non poterit.
[PAPINIANUS, from the fifth book of Opinions.] If a person whose appointment as tutor is petitioned for seeks some privilege before the day of the decree, he cannot block a petition that has been properly instituted.
§27.1.28.1Quae tutoribus remunerandae fidei causa testamento parentis relinquuntur, post excusationem ab heredibus extrariis quoque retineri placuit.
It has been held that what is left to tutors by the will of a parent for the purpose of rewarding their fidelity can be retained even after their excuse, even against external heirs.
quod non habebit locum in persona filii, quem pater impuberi fratri coheredem et tutorem dedit, cum iudicium patris ut filius, non ut tutor promeruit.
This will not apply in the case of a son whom the father appointed as co-heir and tutor to his under-age brother, since he merited his father's favor as a son, and not as a tutor.
§27.1.28.2Tutorem ad tempus exulare iussum excusari non oportet, sed per tempus exilii curator in locum ipsius debet dari.
A tutor who has been ordered to go into exile for a time ought not to be excused, but during the period of his exile a curator must be appointed in his place.

Notes

  1. §27.1.28.prTutor petitus — The perfect passive participle 'petitus' modifies 'tutor', referring to a person whose appointment as tutor has been petitioned for or requested.
  2. §27.1.28.1ab heredibus extrariis quoque retineri — The passive infinitive 'retineri' governs the direct objects left to the tutors. 'ab heredibus extrariis quoque' indicates that even against external heirs (who are not family members), the excused tutor has the right to retain the legacy.
  3. §27.1.28.1cum iudicium patris ut filius, non ut tutor promeruit — The subject of 'promeruit' is the son (the antecedent of 'quem'), and 'iudicium patris' (the father's favor/judgment) is the accusative object. 'ut filius' and 'ut tutor' show the capacity of the subject. The clause means 'since he merited his father's favor as a son, not as a tutor.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.28.pr-27.1.28.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.28.pr-27.1.28.2

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