[PAULUS libro octauo decimo ad edictum. ] §12.2.26.prQui iurasse dicitur nihil refert cuius sexus aetatisue sit: omni enim modo custodiri debet iusiurandum aduersus eum, qui contentus eo cum deferret fuit: quamuis pupillus non uideatur peierare, quia sciens fallere non uideatur.
[PAULUS, Book XVIII on the Edict.] It is of no consequence of what sex or age the person who is said to have sworn may be: for in every way the oath must be preserved against him who was content with it when he tendered it; although a ward may not be deemed to commit perjury, because he is not deemed to deceive knowingly.
§12.2.26.1Si pater filium dare non oportere iurauerit, Cassius respondit et patri et filio dandam exceptionem iurisiurandi: si pater iurauerit in peculio nihil esse, filius conueniri poterit: sed et pater ita conuenietur, ut post adquisiti peculii ratio habeatur.
If a father has sworn that his son is not bound to give, Cassius answered that the plea of oath should be granted to both the father and the son; if the father has sworn that there is nothing in the peculium, the son can be sued; but the father also will be sued in such a way that account is taken of peculium acquired afterwards.
§12.2.26.2Iurisiurandi condicio ex numero esse potest uideri nouandi delegandiue, quia proficiscitur ex conuentione, quamuis habeat et instar iudicii.
The condition of an oath can be seen to be of the nature of novation or delegation, because it proceeds from an agreement, although it also has the likeness of a judgment.