[ULPIANUS libro quadragesimo ad edictum. ] §37.4.10.prSi post mortem testatoris heres institutus filius in adoptionem se dederit, bonorum possessionem contra tabulas accipere potest, quia scriptis heredibus instituti non solet nocere adoptio.
[ULPIAN in the fortieth book on the Edict.] If, after the death of the testator, a son who has been instituted heir gives himself in adoption, he can receive the possession of goods contrary to the will, because adoption does not usually prejudice those who have been instituted as written heirs.
§37.4.10.1Si filius in adoptionem datus auo materno heres institutus sit a patre naturali, commisso per alium edicto magis est, ut bonorum possessionem accipere possit: nec enim exigimus, ut adeat hereditatem, sed sufficit, ut ei delata sit adquirique possit.
If a son given in adoption to his maternal grandfather is instituted heir by his natural father, it is more correct that, when the edict is brought into operation by another, he can receive the possession of goods; for we do not require that he enter upon the inheritance, but it is sufficient that it has been offered to him and can be acquired.
§37.4.10.2Si in adoptionem datus, posteaquam iussu patris adoptiui hereditatem adiit, emancipatus fuerit, potest contra tabulas bonorum possessionem accipere hereditatemque ipse potius habebit, quam pater adoptiuus.
If a person given in adoption, after he has entered upon the inheritance by the order of his adoptive father, is emancipated, he can receive the possession of goods contrary to the will, and he himself will hold the inheritance rather than his adoptive father.
§37.4.10.3Illud notandum est, quod et si adierit hereditatem in adoptionem datus, contra tabulas ei datur: alias autem si quis legatum si quis portionem sibi datam adgnouerit, a contra tabulas bonorum possessione repellendus est.
It should be noted that, even if the person given in adoption has entered upon the inheritance, it is given to him contrary to the will; but in other cases, if anyone acknowledges a legacy or a portion given to himself, he must be excluded from the possession of goods contrary to the will.
§37.4.10.4Liberi, qui contra tabulas habere non possunt, nec partem faciunt, si per alios committatur edictum: quo enim bonum est eis fauere ut partem faciant, nihil habituris?
Children who cannot hold contrary to the will do not make up a share even if the edict is brought into operation by others; for what good is it to favor them so that they make up a share, when they are to have nothing?
§37.4.10.5Exheredati liberi quemadmodum edictum non committunt, ita nec commisso per alios edicto cum illis uenient ad bonorum possessionem unaque eis querella superest, si de inofficioso dicant.
Just as disinherited children do not bring the edict into operation, so also when the edict is brought into operation by others, they will not come with them to the possession of goods, and only one complaint remains to them, if they declare the will undutiful.
§37.4.10.6Hi, qui propter alios contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petunt, non exspectant ut praeteriti possessionem accipiant, uerum ipsi quoque bonorum possessionem petere contra tabulas possunt: cum enim semel beneficio aliorum ad id beneficium fuerint admissi, iam non curant, petant illi nec ne bonorum possessionem.
Those who, on account of others, claim the possession of goods contrary to the will do not wait for the passed-over heirs to receive possession, but they themselves also can claim the possession of goods contrary to the will; for once they have been admitted to this benefit by the benefit of others, they no longer care whether those others claim the possession of goods or not.