[PAULUS libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §24.3.17.prEx diuerso si socer ex promissione a marito conueniatur, solet quaeri, an idem ei honor habendus sit: Neratius libris membranarum et Proculus scribunt hoc iustum esse.
[PAULUS, Book 7 on Sabinus] Conversely, if a father-in-law is sued by the husband on the basis of a promise, it is usually asked whether the same respect should be shown to him; Neratius in his books of parchments and Proculus write that this is just.
§24.3.17.1Item si mulier ex promissione conueniatur, magis placuit defendendam eam per exceptionem: idem et Proculus ait: sicuti cum socia fuit, dabitur ei exceptio, quamuis iure ciuili sit obligata.
Likewise, if the wife is sued on the basis of a promise, the opinion has rather prevailed that she should be defended by an exception; Proculus also says the same thing: since she was a partner, an exception will be granted to her, although she is obligated under civil law.
§24.3.17.2Si in iudicio dotis iudex ignorantia iuris lapsus condemnauerit maritum in solidum, Neratius Sabinus doli exceptione eum uti oportere aiunt eaque tutum fore.
If, in an action for dowry, the judge, having erred through ignorance of the law, condemns the husband for the full amount, Neratius and Sabinus say that he ought to use the exception of fraud, and that he will be safe by it.