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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.1.11.pr

Notice of New Work to Artisans on Behalf of Incapacitated Persons

Passage 6109 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that a notification of a new work made to any capable person, such as a craftsman, is legally binding on the infant and the madman.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad Sabinum. ] §39.1.11.prCuilibet enim intellegenti, ueluti fabro, nuntiatum infantem et furiosum tenet.
[PAULUS, on Sabinus, book eleven.] For a notification made to anyone who understands, such as a craftsman, binds the infant and the madman.

Notes

  1. 39.1.11.prnuntiatum — The nominative neuter singular of the perfect passive participle `nuntiatus`, or the noun `nuntiatum, -i, n.` (notification) derived from it. It functions as the subject of `tenet`, meaning 'a notification made', and is modified by the dative phrase `Cuilibet intellegenti`.
  2. 39.1.11.prtenet — The third-person singular present active indicative of the transitive verb `tenere` (to hold, bind). It is used in the sense of 'to bind legally' or 'to have legal effect upon', governing the accusative object `infantem et furiosum`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.1.11.pr

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