[IDEM libro trigesimo secundo quaestionum. ] §34.9.13.prClaudius Seleucus Papiniano suo salutem.
[THE SAME, in the thirty-second book of Questions.] Claudius Seleucus to his dear Papinianus, greeting.
Maeuius in adulterio Semproniae damnatus eandem Semproniam non damnatam duxit uxorem: qui moriens heredem eam reliquit: quaero, an iustum matrimonium fuerit et an mulier ad hereditatem admittatur.
Maevius, having been convicted of adultery with Sempronia, married the same Sempronia, who had not been convicted. Dying, he left her as his heir. I ask whether this was a lawful marriage, and whether the woman is admitted to the inheritance.
respondi neque tale matrimonium stare neque hereditatis lucrum ad mulierem pertinere, sed quod relictum est ad fiscum peruenire.
I replied that neither does such a marriage stand, nor does the benefit of the inheritance belong to the woman, but that which was left goes to the fiscus.
sed et si talis mulier uirum heredem instituerit, et ab eo quasi ab indigno hereditatem auferri dicimus.
But also, if such a woman should institute her husband as heir, we say that the inheritance is taken away from him as well, as from an unworthy person.