[PAPINIANUS libro primo de adulteris. ] §48.5.23.prNec in ea lege naturalis ab adoptiuo pater separatur.
[PAPINIAN, in the first book on Adulterers.] And in that law, the natural father is not separated from the adoptive father.
§48.5.23.1In accusationem uiduae filiae non habet pater ius praecipuum.
In the accusation of a widowed daughter, the father does not have a preferential right.
§48.5.23.2Ius occidendi patri conceditur domi suae, licet ibi filia non habitat, uel in domo generi: sed domus et pro domicilio accipienda est, ut in lege Cornelia de iniuriis.
The right to kill is granted to the father in his own house, even if the daughter does not reside there, or in the house of his son-in-law; but 'house' is also to be understood as a domicile, as in the Cornelian law on injuries.
§48.5.23.3Sed qui occidere potest adulterum, multo magis contumelia poterit iure adficere.
But he who can kill an adulterer will, with much more reason, be able lawfully to inflict an injury.
§48.5.23.4Ideo autem patri, non marito mulierem et omnem adulterum remissum est occidere, quod plerumque pietas paterni nominis consilium pro liberis capit: ceterum mariti calor et impetus facile decernentis fuit refrenandus.
Moreover, the reason why the killing of the woman and every adulterer is permitted to the father and not to the husband is that, in most cases, the affection of the paternal name makes a decision for the benefit of the children; whereas the heat and impulse of the husband, who easily makes a decision, had to be restrained.