# Institutes of Justinian 1.271-277

Roman Law and Society, Institutes of Justinian, Lines 1.271-1.277. Latin.

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6. If a tutor is prevented by illness or otherwise from administering the affairs of his pupil, and his pupil is absent, or an infant, then the praetor or praeses of the province will, at the tutor's risk, appoint by decree some one to be the agent of his pupil.
XXIV. Security by Guardians.
To prevent the property of pupils and persons placed under curators being wasted or destroyed by tutors or curators, the praetor sees that tutors and curators give security against such conduct. But this is not always necessary; a testamentary tutor is not compelled to give security, as his fidelity and diligence have been recognized by the testator. And tutors and curators appointed upon inquiry are not obliged to give security, because they have been chosen as being proper persons.
1. If two or more are appointed by testament, or by a magistrate, after inquiry, as tutors or curators, any of them, by offering security for the indemnification of the pupil or adolescent, may be preferred to his co-tutor or co-curator, so that he may either alone administer the property, or may oblige his co-tutor or co-curator to give security, if he wishes to obtain the preference, and become the sole administrator. He cannot directly demand security from his co-tutor or co-curator; he must offer it himself, and so give his co-tutor or co-curator the choice to receive or to give security. If no tutor or curator offers security, the person appointed by the testator to manage the property shall manage it; but if no such person be appointed, then the administration will fall to the person whom a majority of the tutors shall choose, as is provided for the praetorian edict. If the tutors disagree in their choice, the praetor must interpose. And in the same way, when several are appointed after inquiry by a magistrate, a majority is to determine who shall administer.

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