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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.4.2.pr

Release of a Ward by Acceptilatio without Tutor Authority

Passage 7766 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian presents the legal opinion that a ward (pupillus) can be released from an obligation through acceptilatio even without the authority of their tutor.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §46.4.2.prPupillum per acceptilationem etiam sine tutoris auctoritate liberari posse placet.
[Ulpian in the twenty-fourth book on Sabinus.] It is held that a pupillus can be released by acceptilatio even without the authority of a tutor.

Notes

  1. §46.4.2.prplacet — The impersonal verb placet (it is approved/held) takes the accusative and infinitive clause (Pupillum ... liberari posse) as its subject.
  2. §46.4.2.prliberari posse — liberari is the present passive infinitive, functioning as the complementary infinitive to posse (to be able). Together they mean "to be able to be released."
  3. §46.4.2.pretiam sine — The adverb etiam (even) modifies the entire prepositional phrase sine tutoris auctoritate, emphasizing that the release is valid even in the absence of the tutor's authority.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.4.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.4.2.pr

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