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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §30.1.111.pr

Partial Excuse of Guardianship and Forfeiture of Legacies

Passage 4708 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states the imperial rescript that even if a guardian excuses himself from managing a part of the estate, all benefits bequeathed to him by the will shall be forfeited.

[MARCIANUS libro secundo institutionum. ] §30.1.111.prEtiam si partis bonorum se excusauerit tutor, puta Italicarum uel prouincialium rerum, totum quod testamento datum est ei auferetur, et ita diui Seuerus et Antoninus rescripserunt.
[MARCIANUS, in the second book of Institutes.] Even if a tutor has excused himself from a part of the property, for instance, of Italian or provincial assets, the whole of what was given to him by the will shall be taken away from him; and the deified Severus and Antoninus so replied by rescript.

Notes

  1. §30.1.111.prse excusauerit — The verb `excusare` with the reflexive pronoun `se` (`se excusare`) means "to excuse oneself" or "to decline (an office)". Here, it takes the genitive `partis bonorum` ("from a part of the property") to denote the scope of the duty from which the tutor is excused.
  2. §30.1.111.prputa — Although it is the second-person singular active present imperative of `putare` ("to think"), here it is used parenthetically as an adverb meaning "for instance" or "say".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §30.1.111.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:30.1.111.pr

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