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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §29.2.49.pr

Inheritance Entry by Pupil with Inactive Tutor's Consent

Passage 4452 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that a pupil is legally bound by entering upon an inheritance, even if the authorization is given by a tutor who does not actively administer the tutelage.

[AFRICANUS libro quarto quaestionum. ] §29.2.49.prPupillum etiam eo tutore auctore, qui tutelam non gerat, hereditatem adeundo obligari ait.
[AFRICANUS, in the fourth book of Questions.] He says that a pupil, even with the authorization of that tutor who does not administer the tutelage, is bound by entering upon an inheritance.

Notes

  1. §29.2.49.preo tutore auctore — An ablative absolute consisting of the noun `tutore` and the noun `auctore` (authorizer) functioning appositively without a participle. It means "with that tutor acting as the authorizing party," i.e., "by the authorization of that tutor."
  2. §29.2.49.prhereditatem adeundo — The gerund `adeundo` (ablative of `adire`, "to enter upon") taking the accusative `hereditatem` (inheritance) as its direct object. The ablative expresses the means ("by entering upon an inheritance").
  3. §29.2.49.prqui tutelam non gerat — The present subjunctive `gerat` is used because the relative clause is subordinate to the indirect speech (the accusative and infinitive construction `Pupillum ... obligari` introduced by `ait`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §29.2.49.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:29.2.49.pr

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