[ULPIANUS libro sexto decimo ad edictum. ] §36.1.38.prRestituta hereditas uidetur aut re ipsa, si forte passus est heres possideri res hereditarias uel totas uel aliquas earum hac mente, ut uellet restitueret ille suscipere, non si ex alia causa putauit te possidere.
[ULPIANUS, On the Edict, Book XVI] An inheritance is deemed to have been restored even by the fact itself, if by chance the heir has permitted the inheritance property, either in whole or in part, to be possessed with this intention: that he wished to restore it and the other wished to receive it; it is otherwise if he thought you possessed it for some other reason.
sed et si postea ratum habuit, idem erit dicendum.
But even if he subsequently ratified it, the same must be said.
sed et si uerbo dixit se restituere, per epistulam uel per nuntium restituat, audietur.
Furthermore, if he declared in words that he was restoring it, or if he restores it by letter or by messenger, he shall be heard.
sed et si uoluntate tua alii restituerit, in te transibunt actiones.
Also, if he has restored it to another person in accordance with your will, the actions will pass to you.
item si alius iussu meo restituit uel ratam habui restitutionem, transisse actiones uidentur.
Likewise, if another person has restored it by my order, or if I have ratified the restoration, the actions are deemed to have passed.
§36.1.38.1Pupillus autem ipse debet restituere tutore auctore, non tutor sine pupillo, nisi infans est, quia nec mandare actiones tutor pupilli sui potest.
A ward, moreover, must himself restore with the authority of his tutor, and the tutor cannot do so without the ward, unless the ward is an infant, because a tutor cannot even delegate the actions of his ward.
ne se quidem auctore pupillum restituere potuisse hereditatem diuus Scuerus in persona Arri Honorati pupilli decreuit, qui Arrio Antonino patruo et tutori suo restituerat.
The Divine Severus, in the case of the ward Arrius Honoratus, who had restored the inheritance to his paternal uncle and tutor Arrius Antoninus, decreed that a ward could not restore an inheritance even with the authority of that tutor himself.
§36.1.38.2Sed et si pupillo sit restituenda, non posse pupillo sine tutoris auctoritate restitui constat:
But also, if the inheritance is to be restored to a ward, it is established that it cannot be restored to the ward without the authority of the tutor: