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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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Ulpian explains the status of legatees in actions of inofficious testament, the right of illegitimate sons to sue, the validity of a testament in case of compromise, the status of false adoptive mothers, and the proper jurisdiction.
[ULPIANUS libro quinto opinionum.]
[ULPIANUS in his Fifth Book of Opinions.]
Si suspecta collusio sit legatariis1 inter scriptos heredes et eum qui de inofficioso testamento agit: adesse2 etiam legatarios et uoluntatem defuncti tueri constitutum est, eisdemque permissum est etiam appellare, si contra testamentum pronuntiatum fuerit.
If collusion between the instituted heirs and the person who brings the action of inofficious testament is suspected by the legatees, it has been established that the legatees also may appear and defend the will of the deceased, and they are also permitted to appeal if a judgment is pronounced against the testament.
De inofficioso testamento matris spurii quoque filii dicere possunt.
With regard to the inofficious testament of a mother, illegitimate sons also can bring an action.
Quamuis instituta inofficiosi testamenti accusatione res transactione decisa sit, tamen testamentum in suo iure manet: et ideo datae in eo libertates atque legata, usque quo Falcidia permittit,3 suam habent potestatem.
Even though, after the accusation of an inofficious testament has been instituted, the matter is settled by a compromise, nevertheless the testament remains valid in its own right; and therefore the manumissions and legacies granted therein, as far as the Falcidian law permits, retain their force.
Quoniam femina nullum adoptare filium sine iussu principis potest, nec de inofficioso testamento eius, quam quis sibi matrem adoptiuam falso esse existimabat,4 agere potest.
Since a woman cannot adopt any son without the authority of the emperor, one cannot bring an action of inofficious testament regarding the estate of a woman whom he falsely believed to be his adoptive mother.
In ea prouincia de inofficioso testamento agi oportet, in qua scripti heredes domicilium habent.
An action of inofficious testament must be brought in that province in which the instituted heirs have their domicile.
- 5.2.29.prlegatariis
Dative of relation or judgment depending on 'suspecta', indicating that the collusion is suspected 'by' the legatees.
- 5.2.29.pradesse
Infinitive meaning 'to be present' or 'to assist in court'. Its subject in the accusative and infinitive construction is 'legatarios'.
- 5.2.29.2usque quo Falcidia permittit
Meaning 'as far as the Falcidian law permits'. 'Falcidia' is a feminine singular adjective with the noun 'lex' understood, functioning substantively.
- 5.2.29.3eius, quam quis sibi matrem adoptiuam falso esse existimabat
The pronoun 'eius' is the antecedent of the relative clause 'quam...' (feminine genitive singular). The structure is 'de inofficioso testamento eius agere' (to bring an action regarding her testament). 'matrem adoptiuam... esse' is the object clause of 'existimabat'.