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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.1.38.pr

Periods for Declaring and Completing Guardianship Excuses

Passage 3979 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section provisions the distinction between the fifty-day period for formally declaring causes of excuse from guardianship and the four-month period allowed for completing the entire procedure.

[PAULUS libro secundo sententiarum. ] §27.1.38.prQuinquaginta dierum spatium tantummodo ad contestandas excusationum causas pertinet: peragendo enim negotio ex die nominationis continui quattuor menses constituti sunt.
[PAULUS, from the second book of Sentences.] The period of fifty days relates only to making formal declaration of the causes of excuse; for, to complete the business, four continuous months from the day of nomination have been established.

Notes

  1. §27.1.38.prad contestandas excusationum causas — A prepositional phrase with `ad` followed by the gerundive `contestandas` in agreement with `causas` in the accusative, expressing purpose. In legal context, `contestari` means to formally assert or tender evidence for a claim.
  2. §27.1.38.prperagendo... negotio — The gerundive `peragendo` agrees with the noun `negotio` in the dative case (neuter singular), functioning as a dative of purpose ('for completing the business'). This dative usage of the gerundive to express purpose is common in juristic Latin.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.1.38.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.1.38.pr

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