Inheritance from a Wife by a Serving Son and Manumission

Notes

1. §49.17.13.prin eo, quem militantem uxor heredem instituerat filium — In this phrase, the noun `filius`, which conceptually serves as the antecedent of the relative pronoun `quem` (anticipating `eo` after `in`), is attracted into the relative clause in the accusative case as `filium`. The present participle `militantem` agrees with `quem`, expressing the temporal circumstance "while he was serving in the army."
2. §49.17.13.prextitisse heredem — This is the first of the two accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) clauses depending on `rescripsit`. The accusative subject `eum` (referring to `filium`) is omitted. `extitisse` is the perfect active infinitive of `exsistere` ("to turn out to be," "to become"), meaning "that he had become the heir."
3. §49.17.13.prseruos hereditarios manumissos proprios eius libertos fieri — This is the second accusative-with-infinitive (AcI) clause depending on `rescripsit`. The subject accusative is `seruos hereditarios manumissos` ("the hereditary slaves [who had been] manumitted"), where `manumissos` is the perfect passive participle qualifying `seruos`. The infinitive is `fieri` ("to become"), and `proprios eius libertos` ("his own freedmen") is its predicate accusative.