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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §4.3.14.pr

Action on Fraud Against Wards Committing Simple Deceit

Passage 675 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paul presents concrete examples of malicious acts by a ward that do not require complex schemes, where an action on fraud should be granted.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad edictum. ] §4.3.14.prQuid enim, si impetrauerit a procuratore petitoris, ut ab eo absolueretur, uel si de tutore mentitus pecuniam accepit, uel alia similia admisit, quae non magnam machinationem exigunt?
[PAUL, book eleven on the Edict.] For what if he obtained from the plaintiff's representative that he should be released by him, or if he received money by lying about his guardian, or committed other similar acts which do not require great machination?

Notes

  1. §4.3.14.prQuid enim, si — This is a rhetorical question based on the preceding opinion of Ulpian (that a ward near puberty can be sued for his own fraud), presenting concrete examples. It introduces conditional clauses with verbs like impetrauerit, accepit, and admisit, meaning "For what if... (would he not indeed be liable to the action on fraud)?"
  2. §4.3.14.prde tutore mentitus — mentitus is the perfect participle of the deponent verb mentior (to lie) and has an active meaning ("having lied", "by lying"). de tutore means lying "about the guardian" (for example, falsely claiming to have the guardian's authority).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §4.3.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.3.14.pr

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