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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.3.22.pr

Ward's Privilege Despite Judgment Against Guardian's Defender

Passage 4016 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section explains that even if a guardian's defender is condemned, the ward's privilege is not lost, as the ward did not enter into a transaction with the defender of his own free will.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo quaestionum. ] §27.3.22.prDefensor tutoris condemnatus non auferet priuilegium pupilli: neque enim sponte cum eo pupillus contraxit.
[PAULUS, Questions, Book 13] The defender of a guardian, when condemned, will not take away the privilege of the ward; for the ward did not contract with him of his own free will.

Notes

  1. §27.3.22.prdefensor tutoris condemnatus — The perfect passive participle 'condemnatus' (condemned) modifies the nominative noun 'defensor' (defender), functioning here as a circumstantial participle expressing condition or concession ('even when/if the defender is condemned').
  2. §27.3.22.prcontraxit — The verb 'contrahere' means not only to conclude a contract in a narrow sense, but more broadly to enter into a legal or obligatory relationship, or to transact. It highlights the lack of voluntary legal union between the ward and the defender.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.3.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.3.22.pr

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