| Quotation |
Suppressum testamentum est, quod in fraude heredum uel legatariorum seu libertorum non est palam
prolatum: quod si non latet, tamen si praedictis personis non proferatur, supprimi tamen uidetur.
Nuncupatio est, quam in tabulis cerisque testator recitat, dicens: "Haec ut in his tabulis cerisque
scripta sunt, ita dico, ita lego: itaque uos, ciues Romani, testimonium mihi perhibete", et hoc dicitur
nuncupatio: nuncupare est enim palam nominare et confirmare.
Ius liberorum est coniugum sine liberis inuicem pro loco pignorum hereditatis alterna conscriptio. |
| Translation |
11 . A suppressed ( suppressus ) testament is one that was not openly made public, thus defrauding the heirs or the legatees or the freedmen. Even if it is not concealed, but nevertheless is not shown to the aforementioned people, then it appears to be suppressed ( supprimere , ppl. suppressus ). 12 . A proclamation is that which the testator reads out from wax tablets, saying “These things, as they are written on these wax tablets, so I say them and so I read them, and so you, Roman citizens, bear witness for me.” And this is called a ‘proclamation’ ( nuncupatio ), because ‘to proclaim’ ( nuncupare ) is to name openly and to confirm. 13 . The ius liberorum (lit. “law of children”) is a reciprocal arrangement of inheritance for couples without children, naming one another as heirs in their place. (Trans. Barney, Lewis, Beach and Berghof, p. 120) |
