# The Institutes of Justinian 1.229-239

Roman Law and Society, The Institutes of Justinian, Lines 1.229-1.239. Latin.

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7. As tutors administer the affairs of their pupils, they may be compelled to account, by the actio tutela, when their pupils arrive at puberty.
XXI. Authority of Tutors.
In some cases it is necessary that the tutor should authorize the acts of the pupil, in others not. When, for instance, the pupil stipulates for something to be given him, the authorization of the tutor is not requisite; but if the pupil makes the promise, it is requisite; for the rule is, that pupils may make their condition better, but may not make it worse, without the authorization of their tutor. And therefore in all cases of reciprocal obligation, as in contracts of buying, selling, letting, hiring, bailment, and deposit, if the tutor does not authorize the pupil to enter into the contract, the person who contracts with the pupil is bound, but the pupil is not bound.
1. Pupils, however, cannot, without the authorization of the tutor, enter on an inheritance, demand the possession of goods, or take an inheritance given by a fideicommissum, even though to do so would be to their gain, and could involve them in no risk.
2. A tutor who wishes to authorize any act, which he esteems advantageous to his pupil, should do so at once while the business is going on, and in person, for his authorization is of no effect if given afterwards or by letter.
3. When a suit is to be commenced between a tutor and his pupil, as the tutor cannot give authority with regard to his own case, a curator, and not, as formerly, a praetorian tutor, is appointed, with whose intervention the suit is carried on, and who ceases to be curator when the suit is determined.

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