[IDEM libro quarto fideicommissorum. ] §36.1.70.prSi heres, ab eo qui cum moreretur soluendo non fuit rogatus hereditatem restituere, suspectam sibi dicit, dubium non est, quin hodie coactus ex Trebelliano senatus consulto restituere possit.
[BY THE SAME AUTHOR, On Trusts, Book 4] If an heir, having been requested to restore the inheritance by someone who was insolvent when he died, declares it to be suspect to himself, there is no doubt that today, having been compelled, he can restore it under the Trebellian senatusconsult.
sed et si sua sponte adierit, ex eodem senatus consulto restituturus est, quamuis, cum summa aut certum corpus per fideicommissum ab eo qui soluendo non fuit datum est, perinde non debeatur atque si legatum esset: eo enim casu legatarii, superiore heredis uice fungi eum, cui fideicommissum relictum est.
But even if he has entered upon it of his own accord, he is to restore it under the same senatusconsult, although, when a sum of money or a specific object is given through a trust by someone who was insolvent, it is not owed, just as if it had been a legacy; for in that case, the person to whom the trust was left performs a higher role than that of a legatee, namely, the role of an heir.
§36.1.70.1Si totam hereditatem rogatus restituere tu sponte adieris et, sine deductione quartae partis restitueris, difficile quidem crederis per ignorantiam magis, non explendi fideicommissi causa hoc fecisse: sed si probaueris per errorem te quartam non retinuisse, reciperare eam poteris.
If, having been requested to restore the entire inheritance, you have entered upon it of your own accord and restored it without the deduction of the fourth part, you will indeed with difficulty be believed to have done this rather through ignorance and not for the sake of fulfilling the trust; but if you prove that you did not retain the fourth part through error, you will be able to recover it.