Humanitext Reader

Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.17.198.pr

Prohibition of Harm to Wards from Guardian Fraud

Passage 9258 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section establishes the principle that a guardian's fraud must not prejudice the ward in any legal proceedings, regardless of whether the guardian has the means to pay.

[IAUOLENUS libro tertio decimo ex Cassio. ] §50.17.198.prNeque in interdicto neque in ceteris causis pupillo nocere oportet dolum tutoris, siue soluendo est siue non est.
[IAVOLENUS, in his thirteenth book on Cassius.] Neither in an interdict nor in other cases should the fraud of a guardian prejudice the ward, whether the guardian is solvent or not.

Notes

  1. §50.17.198.prpupillo nocere oportet dolum tutoris — The accusative with infinitive construction (with "dolum tutoris" as the subject accusative and "nocere" as the infinitive) serves as the subject of the impersonal verb "oportet". The initial correlatives "neque... neque" negate the entire clause, meaning "the fraud of a guardian ought not to harm...". The verb "nocere" takes the dative object "pupillo".
  2. §50.17.198.prsoluendo est — An idiomatic phrase "soluendo esse" (using the dative of the gerundive "soluendo" with the verb "esse") meaning "to be solvent" or "to be able to pay". The subject (the guardian, "tutor") is understood from the context.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.17.198.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.17.198.pr

Please note the AI-draft status of the translation and the date accessed.

Translation, notes and summary are AI-generated drafts, revised through reader feedback.