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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §46.8.6.pr

Security for Ratification by a Suspected Guardian's Defender

Passage 7837 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if a defender wishes to answer a lawsuit after a suspected guardian is accused, they must be compelled to provide security guaranteeing that the principal will ratify the transaction.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro primo iuris epitomarum. ] §46.8.6.prTutore suspecto postulato defensor si uelit respondere, cautionem ratam rem dominum habiturum cauere compellendus est.
[HERMOGENIANUS, Epitome of Law, Book I.] When a suspected guardian has been accused, if a defender wishes to answer, he must be compelled to give security that the principal will ratify the matter.

Notes

  1. §46.8.6.prTutore suspecto postulato — An ablative absolute construction meaning "when a suspected guardian has been accused." It refers to the legal proceeding (postulatio) brought against a suspected guardian (tutor suspectus).
  2. §46.8.6.prcautionem ratam rem dominum habiturum — Refers to the security (cautio de rato / cautio rem ratam habiturum) guaranteeing that the principal (dominus) will ratify (ratam rem habere) the acts of the representative (here, the defender). `habiturum` is a future infinitive (with `esse` omitted) taking `dominum` as its subject, and it syntactically qualifies or stands in apposition to `cautionem`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §46.8.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:46.8.6.pr

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