[IDEM libro primo de omnibus tribunalibus. ] §27.2.3.prIus alimentorum decernendorum pupillis praetori competit, ut ipse moderetur, quam summam tutores uel curatores ad alimenta pupillis uel adulescentibus praestare debeant.
[THE SAME, from the first book on All Tribunals.] The power of decreeing maintenance for wards belongs to the praetor, so that he himself may regulate what sum tutors or curators ought to provide for the maintenance of wards or young adults.
§27.2.3.1Modum autem patrimonii spectare debet, cum alimenta decernit: et debet statuere tam moderate, ut non uniuersum reditum patrimonii in alimenta decernat, sed semper sit, ut aliquid ex reditu supersit.
Moreover, he ought to look to the extent of the patrimony when he decrees maintenance; and he ought to establish it so moderately that he does not decree the entire income of the patrimony for maintenance, but that there should always be a situation where something remains from the income.
§27.2.3.2Ante oculos habere debet in decernendo et mancipia, quae pupillis deseruiunt, et mercedes pupillorum et uestem et tectum pupilli: aetatem etiam contemplari, in qua constitutus est cui alimenta decernuntur.
In decreeing, he ought to keep before his eyes both the slaves who serve the wards, and the expenses of the wards, and the clothing and shelter of the ward; he must also contemplate the age in which the person for whom the maintenance is decreed is placed.
§27.2.3.3In amplis tamen patrimoniis positis non cumulus patrimonii, sed quod exhibitioni frugaliter sufficit modum alimentis dabit.
Nevertheless, in the case of ample patrimonies, it is not the total amount of the patrimony, but what is frugally sufficient for maintenance, that will give the measure for the maintenance.
§27.2.3.4Sed si non constat, quis modus facultatium sit, inter tutorem et eum, qui alimenta decerni desiderat, suscipere debet cognitionem nec temere alimenta decernere, ne in alterutram partem delinquat: prius tamen exigere debet, ut profiteatur tutor, quae sit penes se summa, et comminari grauiores ei usuras infligi eius, quod supra professionem apud eum fuerit comprehensum.
But if it is not clear what the extent of the resources is, he ought to undertake an inquiry between the tutor and the person who desires the maintenance to be decreed, and not decree maintenance rashly, lest he commit an injustice against either party; however, he ought first to require that the tutor declare what sum is in his possession, and threaten that heavier interest will be imposed on him for that which is found to be in his possession beyond his declaration.
§27.2.3.5Idem ad instructionem quoque pupillorum uel adulescentium pupillarum uel earum, quae intra uicensimum annum constitutae sunt, solet decernere respectu facultatium et aetatis eorum qui instruuntur.
The same praetor is also accustomed to decree for the education of male wards or young male adults, or female wards or those females who are placed under their twentieth year, with regard to the resources and the age of those who are being educated.
§27.2.3.6Sed si egeni sint pupilli, de suo eos alere tutor non compellitur.
But if the wards are destitute, the tutor is not compelled to maintain them from his own property.
et si forte post decreta alimenta ad egestatem fuerit pupillus perductus, deminui debent quae decreta sunt, quemadmodum solent augeri, si quid patrimonio accesserit.
And if by chance, after the maintenance has been decreed, the ward should be reduced to destitution, what has been decreed ought to be diminished, just as it is accustomed to be increased if any addition is made to the patrimony.