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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.1.7.pr-39.1.7.1

Exclusion of Unsecured Representatives and Notice by Guardians

Passage 6105 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It regulates the exclusion of a representative who fails to give security, and establishes that both tutors and curators have the right to give notice of a new work.

[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §39.1.7.prEt si satisdationem non dabit, summouendus erit ab executione operis noui, et actiones, quas domini nomine intendit, debent ei denegari.
And if he does not give security, he must be barred from the execution of the new work, and the actions which he brings in the name of the principal must be denied to him.
§39.1.7.1Et tutor et curator opus nouum recte nuntiant.
Both a tutor and a curator rightly give notice of a new work.

Notes

  1. §39.1.7.prdabit — Future indicative in the conditional clause (si-clause). It harmonizes with the future expression of the main clause (summouendus erit), but is translated as present tense or conditional in modern languages.
  2. §39.1.7.prdomini — Genitive noun. In this context of representation (procuratio), it refers to the 'principal' (the person represented) rather than a general 'owner' or 'master'.
  3. §39.1.7.1opus nouum recte nuntiant — Meaning 'rightly give notice of a new work' (opus novum nuntiatio). This refers to the formal legal procedure of warning a neighbor to stop a new construction that might infringe on one's rights.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.1.7.pr-39.1.7.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.1.7.pr-39.1.7.1

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