[PAULUS libro secundo ad Sabinum. ] §37.1.10.prIn bonorum possessionibus iuris ignorantia non prodest, quo minus dies cedat, et ideo heredi instituto et ante apertas tabulas dies cedit.
[PAULUS, book 2 on Sabinus.] In the case of possessions of goods, ignorance of the law is of no avail to prevent the period from running, and therefore the period runs for an instituted heir even before the tablets of the will are opened.
satis est enim scire mortuum esse seque proximum cognatum fuisse copiamque eorum quos consuleret habuisse: scientiam enim non hanc accipi, quae iuris prudentibus sit, sed eam, quam quis aut per se habeat aut consulendo prudentiores adsequi potest.
For it is sufficient to know that the deceased has died, that one was the nearest cognate, and that one had the opportunity of consulting those whom one might consult; for "knowledge" is not understood to be that which is possessed by jurists, but that which one either has by oneself or can acquire by consulting those who are more skilled.