[PAPINIANUS libro primo de adulteriis. ] §48.2.2.prCertis ex causis concessa est mulieribus publica accusatio, ueluti si mortem exequantur eorum earumque, in quos ex lege testimonium publicorum inuitae non dicunt.
[PAPINIANUS, on Adultery, Book 1] For certain reasons, a public prosecution is allowed to women, as, for example, if they prosecute the death of those men or women against whom they are not compelled by law to give evidence in a public trial against their will.
idem et in lege Cornelia testamentaria senatus statuit: sed et de testamento paterni liberti uel materni mulieribus publico iudicio dicere permissum est.
The senate established the same also under the Cornelia law on wills; but it is also permitted to women to plead in a public trial concerning the will of a paternal or maternal freedman.
§48.2.2.1Pupillis ex consilio tutorum patris mortem, item pupillae aui sui mortem exequi concessum est.
It is allowed to male wards, on the advice of their tutors, to prosecute the death of their father, and likewise to a female ward to prosecute the death of her grandfather.
lege autem testamentaria nam de patris quidem testamento pupillis agere diuus Uespasianus permisit: sed quasi non exhibeantur tabulae, per interdictum possunt experiri.
However, under the law on wills—for the divine Vespasian indeed permitted wards to bring an action concerning their father's will—they can proceed by interdict, as if the tablets were not produced.