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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.9.9.pr

Governor's Punishment for Tutor's Fraudulent Self-Purchase

Passage 4068 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author discusses that even if a governor's predecessor had ordered the sale of a ward's estates, if the successor detects the tutor's fraudulent self-purchase under a dummy name, he should determine the extent of punishment for such deceit.

[IDEM libro quinto opinionum. ] §27.9.9.prQuamuis antecessor praesidis decreuisset ea praedia uenumdari, quae tutor pupilli, subiecto nomine alterius emptoris, ipse sibi comparabat, tamen, si fraudem et dolum contra senatus consulti auctoritatem et fidem tutori commissam deprehendisset successor eius, aestimabit, quatenus tam callidum commentum etiam in exemplum coercere debeat.
[THE SAME, in the fifth book of Opinions.] Even though the predecessor of the governor had decreed that those estates should be sold, which the tutor of the ward, by substituting the name of another buyer, was acquiring for himself, nevertheless, if his successor should have detected fraud and deceit contrary to the authority of the senatusconsultum and the good faith entrusted to the tutor, he will determine to what extent he ought to punish such a clever device, even as a warning.

Notes

  1. §27.9.9.prsubiecto nomine alterius emptoris — Ablative absolute construction consisting of subiecto (perfect passive participle of subicere, "to substitute, counterfeit") and nomine ("name"). It means "by substituting the name of another buyer" or "under the guise of another buyer's name."
  2. §27.9.9.prfidem tutori commissam — commissam is a perfect passive participle modifying fidem ("good faith"), while tutori ("to the tutor") is a dative dependent on commissam, meaning "the good faith entrusted to the tutor."
  3. §27.9.9.prin exemplum — The preposition in with the accusative (exemplum) expressing purpose or result, meaning "as a warning" or "as a precedent/example" to deter similar fraudulent actions.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.9.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.9.9.pr

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