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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.10.2.pr

Curatorship for the Incapacitated and Sons as Curators

Passage 4075 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On the proconsul's authority to appoint curators for those unable to manage their property, and his promptness in appointing a son as curator for his father.

[PAULUS libro primo de officio proconsulis. ] §27.10.2.prSed et aliis dabit proconsul curatores, qui rebus suis superesse non possunt, uel dari iubebit, nec dubitabit filium quoque patri curatorem dari.
[PAULUS, in the first book on the office of proconsul.] But the proconsul shall also appoint curators, or order them to be appointed, for other persons who cannot manage their own affairs, nor shall he hesitate for a son also to be appointed as curator for his father.

Notes

  1. §27.10.2.prrebus suis superesse — The verb superesse with the dative rebus suis is used here in the sense of "to cope with, manage, or be equal to one's own affairs or property."
  2. §27.10.2.prfilium quoque patri curatorem dari — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction serving as the object of nec dubitabit ("he will not hesitate"). dari is the passive infinitive, filium is its subject accusative, and curatorem is a predicate accusative, meaning "for a son also to be appointed as curator for his father (patri, dative)."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.10.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.10.2.pr

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