[MODESTINUS libro secundo excusationum. ] §27.1.4.prἜφαμεν τρεῖς ἔχοντας ἐπιτροπὰς εἰς τετάρτην μὴ καλεῖσθαι.
We said that those who have three guardianships are not to be called to a fourth.
ἐζητήθη τοίνυν, ἐάν τις ἐν δύο ὢν ἐπιτροπαῖς εἶτα εἰς ἐπιτροπὴν τρίτην προβληθεὶς ἐκκαλέσηται καὶ ἔτι μετεώρου οὔσης τῆς δίκης τῆς ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκκλήτῳ εἰς τετάρτην ἐπιτροπὴν προβληθῇ, πότερον εἰς τὴν τετάρτην δικαιολογούμενος μνησθήσεται καὶ τῆς τρίτης ἢ παντάπασιν παραλείψει ἐκείνην.
Therefore, the question was raised: if someone, while holding two guardianships, is then nominated to a third guardianship and appeals, and while the lawsuit regarding the appeal is still pending, he is nominated to a fourth guardianship, whether, in defending himself against the fourth, he should mention the third as well, or omit it altogether.
καὶ εὑρίσκω ὑπὸ τῶν θειοτάτων Σεβήρου καὶ Ἀντωνίνου διατεταγμένον μὴ δεῖν εἰς τετάρτην προχειρίζεσθαι τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τρίτης ἔκκλητον πεποιημένον, ἀλλὰ μετεώρου οὔσης τῆς ἐπὶ τῇ τρίτῃ χειροτονίᾳ δικαιολογίας τὸ ἐκείνης τέλος περιμένειν ὅρον ἐσόμενον τῇ τετάρτῃ χειροτονίᾳ, ὀρθῷ τῷ λόγῳ·
And I find it decreed by the most divine Severus and Antoninus that one who has appealed from the third appointment ought not to be nominated to a fourth, but while the defense regarding the third appointment is pending, he should await its outcome, which will be the determining factor for the fourth appointment—and this is with good reason.
εἰ γὰρ τὴν τῇ τάξει τετάρτην ὑποδέξεταί τις ὡς τῇ δυνάμει τρίτην, ἀδίκου τῆς ἐπὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἐκκλήτου ἀποφανθείσης τέσσαρσι χρείαις ἐνκατασχεθήσεται παρὰ τοὺς νόμους.
For if someone accepts what is fourth in order as if it were third in effect, and if the appeal against the third is declared unjustified, he will be bound to four duties contrary to the laws.
§27.1.4.1Ἐὰν πατὴρ ἐν τρισὶν ᾖ φροντίσιν ἢ ἐπιτροπῶν ἢ κουρατοριῶν, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐνοχληθήσεται, καὶ τοῦτο οὕτω διατέτακται ὑπὸ τῶν θειοτάτων Σεβήρου καὶ Ἀντωνίνου.
If a father is engaged in three cares, whether of guardianships or of curatorships, his son shall not be troubled; and this has been so decreed by the most divine Severus and Antoninus.
τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου ἐστίν, ὡς δεῖν τὰς τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐπιτροπὰς ἄνεσιν τῷ πατρὶ διδόναι καὶ πάλιν ἀμφοτέροις τὰς κοινάς, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν μίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ δύο τοῦ πατρὸς ἢ εἰς τὸ ἔμπαλιν.
And this is also true from the opposite side, so that the son's guardianships ought to grant relaxation to the father, and again, those common to both, that is, one of the son and two of the father, or vice versa.
τότε δὲ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει, ἐπειδὰν τὸ βάρος ἑνὶ οἴκῳ, οὐχὶ διακεχωρισμένοις διαφέρῃ.
But this is so only when the burden belongs to a single household, and not to separated ones.
γράφει δὲ καὶ Οὐλπιανὸς ὁ κράτιστος ταῦτα.
And the most excellent Ulpian also writes this.