[IDEM libro trigesimo quarto ad Sabinum. ] §23.3.10.prPlerumque interest uiri res non esse aestimatas idcirco, ne periculum rerum ad eum pertineat, maxime si animalia in dotem acceperit uel uestem, qua mulier utitur: eueniet enim, si aestimata sit et eam mulier adtriuit, ut nihilo minus maritus aestimationem eorum praestet.
[THE SAME in the thirty-fourth book on Sabinus.] Generally, it is of interest to the husband that the properties are not valued, in order that the risk of the properties does not belong to him, especially if he has received animals as a dowry, or clothing which the woman uses; for it will happen that, if it has been valued and the woman has worn it out, the husband must nonetheless pay their valuation.
quotiens igitur non aestimatae res in dotem dantur, et meliores et deteriores mulieri fiunt.
Therefore, whenever unvalued properties are given as a dowry, both their improvement and deterioration accrue to the woman.
§23.3.10.1Si praediis inaestimatis aliquid accessit, hoc ad compendium mulieris pertinet: si aliquid decessit, mulieris damnum est.
If something has accrued to unvalued lands, this belongs to the benefit of the woman; if something has decreased, it is the loss of the woman.
§23.3.10.2Si serui subolem ediderunt, mariti lucrum non est.
If slaves have given birth to offspring, it is not the gain of the husband.
§23.3.10.3Sed fetus dotalium pecorum ad maritum pertinent, quia fructibus computantur, sic tamen, ut suppleri proprietatem prius oporteat et summissis in locum mortuorum capitum ex adgnatis residuum in fructum maritus habeat, quia fructus dotis ad eum pertineat.
But the offspring of dotal cattle belong to the husband because they are counted as fruits, yet in such a way that the ownership must first be replenished, and after they have been substituted in place of the dead heads from those born, the husband has the residue as fruit, because the fruit of the dowry belongs to him.
§23.3.10.4Si ante matrimonium aestimatae res dotales sunt, haec aestimatio quasi sub condicione est: namque hanc habet condicionem 'si matrimonium fuerit secutum'. secutis igitur nuptiis aestimatio rerum perficitur et fit uera uenditio.
If before the marriage dotal properties are valued, this valuation is as if under a condition; for it has this condition, "if the marriage has followed." Therefore, upon the marriage having followed, the valuation of the properties is perfected and becomes a true sale.
§23.3.10.5Inde quaeri potest, si ante nuptias mancipia aestimata deperierint, an mulieris damnum sit, et hoc consequens est dicere: nam cum sit condicionalis uenditio, pendente autem condicione mors contingens exstinguat uenditionem, consequens est dicere mulieri perisse, quia nondum erat impleta uenditio, quia aestimatio uenditio est.
Hence it can be asked whether, if valued slaves have perished before the marriage, it is the loss of the woman; and it is consistent to say so: for since it is a conditional sale, and a death occurring while the condition is pending extinguishes the sale, it is consistent to say that they have perished for the woman, because the sale was not yet fulfilled, because valuation is a sale.
§23.3.10.6Si res in dotem datae fuerint quamuis aestimatae, uerum conuenerit, ut aut aestimatio aut res praestentur, si quidem fuerit adiectum 'utrum mulier uelit', ipsa eliget, utrum malit petere rem aestimationem: uerum si ita fuerit adiectum 'utrum maritus uelit', ipsius erit electio.
If properties have been given as a dowry, although they are valued, but it has been agreed that either the valuation or the properties should be provided: if indeed there has been added "whichever the woman wishes," she herself will choose whether she prefers to seek the property or the valuation; but if it has been added "whichever the husband wishes," the choice will be his.
aut si nihil de electione adiciatur, electionem habebit maritus, utrum malit res offerre an pretium earum: nam et cum illa aut illa res promittitur, rei electio est, utram praestet.
Or if nothing is added about the choice, the husband will have the choice whether he prefers to offer the properties or their price; for also when this or that property is promised, the choice of the property is his, which one he provides.
sed si res non exstet, aestimationem omnimodo maritus praestabit.
But if the property does not exist, the husband shall provide the valuation in any case.