[MAECIANUS libro primo fideicommissorum. ] §49.17.18.prEx castrensi peculio seruus a patre heres institui potest et filium necessarium heredem patri facit.
[MAECIANUS in his first book on Fideicommissa.] A slave from the castrense peculium can be appointed as heir by the father, and makes the son a necessary heir to the father.
§49.17.18.1Et in summa ea res hi actus patris, qui ad praesens alienationem alicuius iuris de castrensi peculio praestant, impediuntur: hi uero, qui non statim quidem, sed postea efficere solent, eo tempore animaduertentur, quo habere effectum consuerunt, ut, si sit filius, cui auferatur, nihil agatur, si ante decesserit, actus patris non impediatur.
In short, those acts of the father which effect the alienation of any right from the castrense peculium at present are prevented: but those which are customary to take effect not immediately indeed, but later, shall be considered at that time when they are accustomed to have effect, so that, if there is a son from whom it is taken away, nothing is done; if he has died before, the act of the father is not prevented.
§49.17.18.2Itaque negabimus patrem filio saluo communi diuidundo agentem proprietatem alienaturum, exemplo dotalis praedii.
Therefore we shall deny that, while the son is living, a father bringing an action for dividing common property will alienate the ownership, after the example of a dotal estate.
sed nec si socius ultro cum eo agat, quicquam agetur, ueluti si cum eo ageret, cui bonis interdictum est.
But even if a partner voluntarily brings an action against him, nothing will be achieved, just as if he were bringing an action against someone who has been interdicted from his goods.
§49.17.18.3Seruos ex eo peculio usu fructu, item praedia tam usu fructu quam ceteris seruitutibus pater liberare poterit: sed et seruitutes his adquirere.
A father will be able to release slaves from that peculium from usufruct, and likewise estates from both usufruct and other servitudes; but also to acquire servitudes for them.
id enim et eum, cui bonis interdictum est, uerum est consequi posse.
For it is true that even one who has been interdicted from his goods can achieve this.
neque autem seruis ex eo peculio neque praediis usum fructum uel seruitutem imponere pater potest.
However, the father cannot impose a usufruct or servitude either on the slaves from that peculium or on the estates.
§49.17.18.4Si quando ex eo peculio filius rem alienam bona fide tenebit, an pater eius in rem uel ad exhibendum actionem pati debeat, ut ceterorum nomine, quaeritur.
If at any time the son holds another's property in good faith from that peculium, it is asked whether his father ought to submit to an action in rem or an action to produce, as in the name of others.
sed uerius est, cum hoc peculium a patris bonis separetur, defensionis necessitatem patri non inponendam.
But it is more correct that, since this peculium is separated from the father's estate, the necessity of defense should not be imposed on the father.
§49.17.18.5Sed nec cogendus est pater aes alienum, quod filius peculii nomine, quod in castris adquisiit, fecisse dicetur, de peculio actionem pati: et, si sponte patiatur, ut quilibet defensor satisdato filium in solidum, non peculio tenus defendere debet.
But neither must the father be compelled to submit to an action concerning the peculium for a debt which the son is said to have contracted under the name of the peculium that he acquired in the camp: and, if he submits to it voluntarily, he must defend the son for the whole amount, not merely to the extent of the peculium, after giving security, as any defender should do.
sed et eius filii nomine non aliter mouere actiones potest, quam si satis dederit eum ratam rem habiturum.
And moreover, he cannot bring actions in the name of that son otherwise than if he has given security that the son will ratify the matter.