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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §49.1.17.pr-49.1.17.1

Appeals from Divided Decisions and Ward Representation

Passage 8481 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text explains the necessity of a double appeal when separate judgments are given for principal and interest in a single case, and the rules for appointing a temporary tutor or curator for a pupil when their tutor appeals.

[IDEM libro octauo regularum. ] §49.1.17.prCum in una causa separatim duplex sententia diuisa datur, ueluti una sortis, alia usurarum, duplex appellatio necessaria est, ne alteram adgnouisse, de altera prouocasse intellegatur.
[THE SAME, from the eighth book of Rules.] When in one case a double divided judgment is given separately, for instance, one concerning the principal, the other concerning the interest, a double appeal is necessary, lest it be understood that he has accepted the one and appealed from the other.
§49.1.17.1Tutor pupillo datus si prouocet, interim pupillo curator dabitur.
If a tutor appointed for a pupil should appeal, in the meantime a curator shall be appointed for the pupil.
sed si tutoris auctoritas fuerit necessaria, ueluti ad adeundam hereditatem, tutor ei necessario dabitur, quoniam curatoris auctoritas ad hoc inutilis est.
But if the authority of a tutor should be necessary, for instance, to enter upon an inheritance, a tutor must of necessity be appointed for him, since the authority of a curator is useless for this purpose.

Notes

  1. 49.1.17.prne alteram adgnouisse, de altera prouocasse intellegatur — The feminine accusative singular alteram and ablative altera refer back to the preceding sententia (judgment). The verb intellegatur can be construed impersonally, but is best understood as a personal passive construction (Nominativus cum Infinitivo) with the appealing party as its subject; thus, the implied subject of the infinitives adgnouisse and prouocasse is identical to the subject of the main clause.
  2. 49.1.17.1quoniam curatoris auctoritas ad hoc inutilis est — In Roman law, while a tutor has the power to grant authorization (auctoritas) to complete the legal capacity of a pupil, a curator is only responsible for property management (gestio) and cannot provide the necessary auctoritas for formal acts such as entering upon an inheritance (adeundi hereditatem). This legal limitation (inutilis est) explains why a temporary tutor, rather than just a curator, must be appointed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §49.1.17.pr-49.1.17.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:49.1.17.pr-49.1.17.1

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