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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.33.pr

Paulus on Connection between Legacies and Guardianship

Passage 3974 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus criticizes the meticulous interpretation in the previous section that distinguished the testator's intent by the timing of the will and codicil, arguing that unless clearly expressed otherwise, a legacy and guardianship are to be deemed connected.

[IDEM libro uicesimo tertio quaestionum. ] §27.1.33.prSed haec nimium scrupulosa sunt nec admittenda, nisi euidenter pater expresserit uelle se dare etiam, si tutelam non administrauit: semper enim legatum aut antecedit aut sequitur tutelam.
[THE SAME, from the twenty-third book of Questions.] But these things are overly scrupulous and should not be admitted, unless the father has clearly expressed that he wishes to give even if he has not administered the guardianship: for a legacy always either precedes or follows the guardianship.

Notes

  1. §27.1.33.prhaec — Neuter plural nominative, referring to the detailed arguments presented at the end of the previous section (27.1.32.pr) regarding the distinction of the testator's intention based on the chronological order of the will and the codicil.
  2. §27.1.33.pradministrauit — The subject of the verb administrauit is contextually the person appointed as tutor (the tutor from the previous section). It means "even if [the appointed person] has not administered the guardianship."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.33.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.33.pr

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