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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.10.12.pr

Prohibition of Dedicating Insane Person's Property to Sacred Use

Passage 4085 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus explains that the curator of an insane person cannot dedicate the latter's property to sacred purposes, as the curator's power of alienation is strictly limited to the scope required for the administration of affairs.

[MARCELLUS libro primo digestorum. ] §27.10.12.prAb adgnato uel alio curatore furiosi rem furiosi dedicari non posse constat: adgnato enim furiosi non usquequaque competit rerum eius alienatio, sed quatenus negotiorum exigit administratio.
[MARCELLUS, in the first book of the Digests.] It is well established that property of an insane person cannot be dedicated to sacred purposes by an agnate or any other curator of the insane person; for the alienation of his property does not belong to the agnate of an insane person in every case, but only so far as the administration of affairs requires it.

Notes

  1. §27.10.12.prrem furiosi dedicari non posse constat — The impersonal verb `constat` ("it is established") takes the accusative and infinitive (AcI) clause `rem furiosi dedicari non posse` as its subject. Within this clause, the passive infinitive `dedicari` functions as the complement to `posse`, with `rem` as its subject.
  2. §27.10.12.prnon usquequaque ..., sed quatenus — The negative particle `non` modifying the adverb `usquequaque` ("everywhere", "in every case") expresses a partial negation ("not in every case"). This is contrasted with the subsequent clause introduced by the restrictive conjunction `quatenus` ("only so far as"), indicating that the power of alienation is limited to the necessity of administration.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.10.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.10.12.pr

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