[AFRICANUS libro quinto quaestionum. ] §46.8.24.prBonorum possessionem ab alio adgnitam ratam haberi oportere eo tempore, quo adhuc in ea causa sit, ut peti possit: itaque post centensimum diem rata haberi non potest.
[AFRICANUS, Book V of Questions.] The possession of goods acknowledged by another must be ratified at a time when it is still in such a condition that it can be claimed; therefore, it cannot be ratified after the hundredth day.
§46.8.24.1An autem et si mortuus fuisset qui petisset uel furere coeperit, ratum haberi possit, uideamus: nam si in uniuersum perinde haberi debet, ac si tunc, cum ratum habeat, per eum bonorum possessionem petat, frustra his casibus ratum habetur.
But let us see whether it can be ratified even if the person who made the claim has died or has begun to be insane; for if, in general, it ought to be treated just as if, at the time when he ratifies, he were claiming the possession of goods through him, in these cases ratification is made in vain.
sed illud consequens futurum etiam si paeniteat illum petisse, ratum haberi non posse, quod utique sit absurdum.
But it would also follow from this that even if he should regret having made the claim, it could not be ratified, which would certainly be absurd.
rectius itaque dicitur neutram eorum causam impedire ratihabitionem.
Therefore, it is more correctly said that neither of those circumstances hinders ratification.