Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.3.pr

Excuse by Three Guardianships and Separation of Estates

Passage 3942 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that three burdens of guardianship provide grounds for excuse, and this count is determined by the separation of estates rather than the number of wards.

[ULPIANUS libro singulari de officio praetoris tutelaris. ] §27.1.3.prTria onera tutelarum dant excusationem.

[ULPIAN, from the single book On the Office of the Praetor in Charge of Guardianships.] Three burdens of guardianships grant an excuse.

tria autem onera sic sunt accipienda, ut non numerus pupillorum plures tutelas faciat, sed patrimoniorum separatio: et ideo qui tribus fratribus tutor datus est, qui indiuisum patrimonium haberent, uel quibusdam tutor, quibusdam curator, unam tutelam suscepisse creditur.

But three burdens are to be understood in such a way that it is not the number of wards that creates multiple guardianships, but the separation of estates; and therefore, he who has been appointed guardian to three brothers who have an undivided estate, or guardian to some and curator to others, is deemed to have undertaken only one guardianship.

Notes

§27.1.3.prtria autem onera sic sunt accipienda, ut... — The correlative adverb `sic` combined with the conjunction `ut` introduces a clause of result/limitation, defining how the "three burdens" must be understood in practice.
§27.1.3.prqui indiuisum patrimonium haberent — The subjunctive imperfect `haberent` in the relative clause introduces a clause of characteristic or condition, defining the brothers as "sharing an undivided estate" rather than merely stating a historical fact.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.3.pr

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