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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.3.24.pr

Analogous Action Against Guardian of Unborn Child

Passage 4018 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section rules on the liability of a guardian appointed for a posthumous child who is ultimately not born, stating that while standard actions on guardianship or business management do not lie, an analogous action (actio utilis) will be granted.

[IDEM libro secundo sententiarum. ] §27.3.24.prPostumo tutor datus non nato postumo neque tutelae, quia nullus pupillus est, neque negotiorum gestorum iudicio tenetur, quia administrasse negotia eius quia natus non esset non uidetur: et ideo utilis in eum actio dabitur.
[THE SAME, Sentences, Book 2] A guardian appointed for a posthumous child, if the posthumous child is not born, is liable neither to an action on guardianship, because there is no ward, nor to an action on business management, because he is not deemed to have managed his affairs since the child was not born; and therefore an analogous action shall be granted against him.

Notes

  1. §27.3.24.prnon nato postumo — An ablative absolute construction expressing a condition ("if the posthumous child is not born").
  2. §27.3.24.prtutelae — A genitive dependent on the subsequent `iudicio` to form `iudicio tutelae` (action on guardianship), standing in parallel with `neque negotiorum gestorum iudicio`.
  3. §27.3.24.pradministrasse — Syncopated form of the perfect infinitive `administravisse`. It serves as the complementary infinitive to the passive main verb `uidetur` ("is deemed"), with the guardian (`tutor`) as its implied subject.
  4. §27.3.24.prutilis ... actio — An analogous action (actio utilis), which is an equitable or modified action granted by the praetor to cover situations that do not strictly fit the civil law criteria but merit relief.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.3.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.3.24.pr

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