[IDEM libro septimo ad Sabinum. ] §39.6.8.prQui pretio accepto hereditatem praetermisit, siue ad substitutum peruentura sit hereditas, siue ab eo ab intestato successurus, mortis causa capere uidetur: nam quidquid propter alicuius mortem obuenit, mortis causa capitur: quam sententiam et Iulianus probat et hoc iure utimur.
[THE SAME, from the seventh book on Sabinus.] person who has renounced an inheritance after receiving a price, whether the inheritance is to pass to a substitute heir or to the person who is to succeed him intestate, is considered to acquire mortis causa; for whatever comes about on account of someone's death is acquired mortis causa. Julian also approves this opinion, and we apply this rule of law.
nam et quod a statulibero condicionis implendae causa capitur uel a legatario, mortis causa accipitur: et quod pater dedit propter mortem filii uel cognati, mortis causa capi Iulianus scripsit. §39.6.8.1Denique et sic posse donari ait, ut, si conualuerit, recipiatur.
For indeed, what is acquired from a conditionally freed slave for the purpose of fulfilling a condition, or from a legatee, is received mortis causa; and Julian wrote that what a father gave on account of the death of his son or relative is acquired mortis causa., he says that a donation can also be made in such a way that it is taken back if the donor recovers.