[IDEM libro tertio decimo ad Sabinum. ] §38.17.2.11Si quis ex liberis, dum est in utero, in possessione missus sit, mox natus sit et ante bonorum possessionem acceptam decesserit, an matri noceat, uidendum, quasi bonorum possessor.
If any of the children, while in the womb, has been sent into possession, is soon born, and dies before receiving the possession of goods, it must be considered whether he stands in the way of the mother as if he were a possessor of goods.
et puto non nocere, si non suus patri adgnascitur: neque enim sufficit mitti in possessionem, nisi natus quoque acceperit bonorum possessionem.
And I think he does not stand in her way, if he is not born as "his own heir" to his father; for it is not enough to be sent into possession, unless the person born also receives the possession of goods.
igitur et si furioso decreto petita sit possessio et priusquam ipse mentis compos factus bonorum possessionem petierit, decesserit, matri non obstabit. §38.17.2.12Sed si quis, cum status controuersiam pateretur, Carbonianam solam acceperit, an noceat matri bonorum possessio, quaesitum quidem est: sed cum haec tempore finiatur, dicendum est matri post tempus non nocere aut, si impubes decesserit, matrem posse admitti. §38.17.2.13Sed si infanti per tutorem petita sit possessio, licet statim decesserit, dicendum erit matri obstitisse: non enim similis est ei, quae furioso datur. §38.17.2.14Ita demum autem mater senatus consulti beneficio excludetur, si filius adiit legitimam hereditatem: ceterum si omiserit legitimam hereditatem, mater ex senatus consulto Tertulliano admittetur.
Therefore, even if possession is petitioned by a decree for an insane person, and he dies before he himself, having become of sound mind, petitions for the possession of goods, he will not stand in the way of the mother. But if someone, while undergoing a controversy of status, has received only the Carbonian possession of goods, it has indeed been questioned whether this possession of goods stands in the way of the mother; but since this is terminated by time, it must be said that it does not stand in the way of the mother after the time, or, if he dies underage, the mother can be admitted. But if possession is petitioned by a guardian for an infant, although he dies immediately, it must be said that he stood in the way of the mother; for it is not similar to that which is given to an insane person. But only then will the mother be excluded from the benefit of the senatus consultum, if the son enters upon the legitimate inheritance; but if he renounces the legitimate inheritance, the mother will be admitted under the Tertullian senatus consultum.
sed si non sit solus iste filius legitimus heres, sed sint qui cum eo admittantur, nec in partem eorum mater ex senatus consulto erit uocanda. §38.17.2.15Obicitur matri pater in utriusque bonis tam filii quam filiae, siue heres siue bonorum possessor existat.
But if that son is not the sole legitimate heir, but there are others who are admitted with him, the mother is not to be called under the senatus consultum to their share. The father is put forward against the mother in the goods of both the son and the daughter, whether he exists as heir or as possessor of goods.
sed neque auus neque proauus in Tertulliano matri nocent, quamuis fiduciam contraxerint.
But neither the grandfather nor the great-grandfather stands in the way of the mother in the Tertullian senatus consultum, even though they contracted a trust.
pater autem tantum naturalis, non etiam adoptiuus matri nocet: uerius est enim, cum pater esse desierit, a matre eum excludi: sed nec ad bonorum possessionem contra tabulas eum admitti, cum pater esse desierit. §38.17.2.16Undecumque autem acceperit bonorum possessionem pater naturalis, siue legitimus siue contra tabulas, ex quauis parte excludit matrem. §38.17.2.17Si sit adgnatus defuncti et naturalis pater sit in adoptiua familia, sit et mater, admittimus matrem, quoniam patrem adgnatus exclusit. §38.17.2.18Si sit consanguinea soror defuncti, sit et mater, sit et pater adoptatus uel emancipatus: si consanguinea uelit habere hereditatem, matrem ex senatus consulto una cum ea uenire, patrem excludi placet: si consanguinea repudiet, matrem ex senatus consulto propter patrem non uenire: et quamuis alias non soleat mater exspectare consanguineam, uelit nec ne adire hereditatem, nunc tamen exspectaturam: consanguinea enim est, quae patrem excludit.
But only the natural father, not also the adoptive father, stands in the way of the mother; for it is more true that, when he ceases to be the father, he is excluded by the mother; and also that he is not admitted to the possession of goods contrary to the will when he ceases to be the father. But from whatever source the natural father receives the possession of goods, whether legitimate or contrary to the will, he excludes the mother from any share. If there is an agnate of the deceased and the natural father is in an adoptive family, and there is also the mother, we admit the mother, since the agnate has excluded the father. If there is a consanguine sister of the deceased, and there is also the mother, and there is also a father who has been adopted or emancipated: if the consanguine sister wishes to have the inheritance, it is held that the mother comes under the senatus consultum together with her, and the father is excluded; if the consanguine sister rejects it, the mother does not come under the senatus consultum because of the father; and although at other times the mother is not accustomed to wait for the consanguine sister, whether she wishes to enter upon the inheritance or not, yet now she will wait; for it is the consanguine sister who excludes the father.
repudiante igitur consanguinea bonorum possessionem habebit mater cum patre quasi cognata, sed et in hac moram patietur nec ante accipiet bonorum possessionem quam pater petierit, quoniam omittente eo potest ex senatus consulto succedere. §38.17.2.19Sed et si ipsa mater cadem sit et soror consanguinea, ut puta quoniam pater matris nepotem suum ex filia adoptauit, sit praeterea et pater naturalis: haec mater si quidem quasi consanguinea ueniat, excludet patrem: si ius consanguineae repudiauit uel capitis deminutione amisit, ex senatus consulto nenire propter patrem non potest, repudiante uero patre rursum ex senatus consulto potest uenire. §38.17.2.20Si mater hereditatem filii filiaeue non adierit ex senatus consulto Tertulliano, in bonorum possessione antiquum ius seruandum est: cum enim esset praelatio matre omittente senatus consulti beneficium, ius succedit uetus.
Therefore, if the consanguine sister rejects it, the mother will have the possession of goods with the father as a cognate, but also in this she will suffer delay and will not receive the possession of goods before the father petitions for it, since if he omits it, she can succeed under the senatus consultum. But also if the mother herself is at the same time the consanguine sister, as for example because the mother's father adopted his own grandson from his daughter, and there is besides a natural father: this mother, if indeed she comes as a consanguine sister, will exclude the father; if she has rejected the right of a consanguine sister or lost it by a capitis deminutio, she cannot come under the senatus consultum because of the father, but if the father rejects it, she can again come under the senatus consultum. If the mother does not enter upon the inheritance of the son or daughter under the Tertullian senatus consultum, the ancient law must be preserved in the possession of goods; for since there was preference, upon the mother's omitting the benefit of the senatus consultum, the ancient law succeeds.