[HERMOGENIANUS libro quarto iuris epitomarum. ] §36.4.11.prSi fideicommissorum uel legatorum seruandorum causa missus in possessionem eam rem teneas, quae mihi per fideicommissum relicta esset, aequius est me eam habere, cui ea ipsa relicta est, quam te, qui alterius fideicommissi nomine ingressus in eam esses.
[HERMOGENIANUS, book 4 of Epitomes of Law] If you, having been placed in possession for the purpose of preserving fideicommissa or legacies, should hold that property which had been left to me by fideicommissum, it is more equitable that I, to whom that very thing was left, should have it, rather than you, who had entered into possession of it under the name of another fideicommissum.
nam et si mihi sub condicione legatum est et tu medio tempore in possessionem eius factus fueris legatorum seruandorum causa, deinde condicio impleta esset, non denegabitur mihi eius rei integra persecutio.
For even if a legacy has been left to me under a condition, and you in the meantime have been placed in possession of it for the purpose of preserving legacies, and then the condition has been fulfilled, a full recovery of that thing will not be denied to me.
sic enim et si statuliberum ex eadem causa possidere coepisset, impleta condicione iustam libertatem eius impedire non potest.
For likewise, even if one had begun to possess a conditionally free slave for the same cause, once the condition is fulfilled, one cannot impede his lawful freedom.
§36.4.11.1Si rei seruandae causa in possessionem missus esset proprius creditor heredis et rei per fideicommissum mihi relictae adeptus fuerit, nihil me per eum laedi oportere conuenit, non magis quam si ab ipso herede eam rem pignori accepisset.
If the personal creditor of the heir had been placed in possession for the purpose of preserving property, and has obtained possession of the thing left to me by fideicommissum, it is agreed that I ought not to be harmed in any way through him, any more than if he had received that thing as a pledge from the heir himself.