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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.7.3.pr

Liability of a Tutor's Sureties and Heirs for Interest

Passage 4045 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a surety and their heirs are held liable for interest under the same standard as the tutor.

[IDEM libro trigesimo quinto ad edictum. ] §27.7.3.prEtiam fideiussorem et heredes fideiussoris ad rationem eandem usurarum reuocandos esse constat, ad quam et tutor reuocatur.
[THE SAME, in the thirty-fifth book on the Edict.] It is well established that the surety and the heirs of the surety also are to be held liable to the same standard of interest to which the tutor also is held liable.

Notes

  1. §27.7.3.prconstat — The impersonal verb `constat` (it is established/clear) takes the Accusative with Infinitive (A.C.I.) construction `fideiussorem et heredes ... reuocandos esse` (passive infinitive with the gerundive `reuocandos` and `esse`) as its subject.
  2. §27.7.3.prreuocandos esse — The verb `reuocare` literally means "to call back", but here in a legal context, in the phrase `ad rationem ... reuocare`, it is used in the sense of "to hold liable to" or "to subject to (a certain standard or account)".
  3. §27.7.3.prad rationem eandem usurarum ... ad quam — The demonstrative adjective `eandem` (the same) and the relative pronoun `quam` (preceded by the preposition `ad`) correlate to express a parallel comparison: "to the same standard (of interest) to which the tutor is held liable".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.7.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.7.3.pr

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