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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.10.11.pr

Validity of Pledge Created by Curator for Insane Person's Utility

Passage 4084 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus states that a pledge established by the curator of an insane person is valid if it was done because the utility of the insane person required it.

[PAULUS libro septimo ad Plautium. ] §27.10.11.prPignus a curatore furiosi datum ualet, si utilitate furiosi exigente id fecit.
[PAULUS, in the seventh book on Plautius.] A pledge given by the curator of an insane person is valid, if he did so because the utility of the insane person required it.

Notes

  1. §27.10.11.prutilitate furiosi exigente — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun utilitate and the present participle exigente, functioning within the conditional clause (si clause) to express the reason or circumstance ("the utility of the insane person requiring it").
  2. §27.10.11.prpignus ... datum — The perfect passive participle datum modifies the subject pignus (neuter singular noun), meaning "a pledge given/established." The phrase a curatore indicates the personal agent.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.10.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.10.11.pr

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