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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.3.3.pr

Security for Uncertain Claims in Actions on Guardianship

Passage 3997 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Provisions on the requirement to give security, under the judge's arbitration, for any potential deficiency when the amount owed to a tutor or procurator in a guardianship or management action is uncertain.

[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §27.3.3.prSi tutelae aut negotiorum gestorum agatur incerto hoc, quantum ab aduersariis debetur tutori procuratoriue, arbitratu iudicis cauendum est, quod eo nomine eis absit.
[POMPONIUS in his fifth book on Sabinus] If an action is brought for guardianship or for the management of affairs, and it is uncertain how much is owed by the adversaries to the tutor or the procurator, security must be given, by the arbitration of the judge, for whatever they may be out of pocket on that account.

Notes

  1. §27.3.3.prtutelae aut negotiorum gestorum — Genitive of the type of action (ellipsis of tutelae iudicio / negotiorum gestorum iudicio), governed by the passive verb agatur, meaning "if an action is brought for guardianship or for the management of affairs."
  2. §27.3.3.princerto hoc, quantum... — incerto hoc is an ablative absolute, where the demonstrative hoc anticipates and summarizes the following indirect question quantum... debetur. It translates to "this being uncertain, namely, how much is owed..."
  3. §27.3.3.prquod eo nomine eis absit — A relative clause with the subjunctive absit, indicating the object for which security must be given (cauendum est). It means "whatever might be missing to them on that account," practically referring to potential future deficiencies or out-of-pocket losses.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.3.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.3.3.pr

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