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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.10.6.pr

Inquiry in Appointing Curators to Prevent Feigned Madness

Passage 4079 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian advises that the praetor must not hastily appoint a curator with full powers without an inquiry, as many people feign madness to avoid civic burdens.

[ULPIANUS libro primo de omnibus tribunalibus. ] §27.10.6.prObseruare praetorem oportebit, ne cui temere citra causae cognitionem plenissimum curatorem det, quoniam plerique uel furorem uel dementiam fingunt, quo magis curatore accepto onera ciuilia detrectent.
[ULPIANUS, in the first book on all tribunals.] It will be necessary for the praetor to take care not to appoint heedlessly a curator with full powers for anyone without an inquiry into the case, since many people feign either madness or dementia, so that they may the more avoid civic burdens once a curator has been accepted.

Notes

  1. §27.10.6.prne cui — The indefinite pronoun `cui` placed immediately after the conjunction `ne` is a shortened form of `alicui` (with the prefix `ali-` dropped), meaning 'lest to anyone' or 'so that to no one.'
  2. §27.10.6.prquo magis — The conjunction `quo` (= `ut eo`) introduces a purpose clause containing a comparative (here, `magis`), meaning 'in order that thereby the more,' and governs the subjunctive present `detrectent`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.10.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.10.6.pr

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