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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...might be given on the event of hi death; it also inutile if given in form on the day befac death of the testator, for which rule of law, Gaius, there seems to be no good reason (p ratio). A legatum could not be left in the vat.'. a penalty (poeitar nomine), that is, for the p of compelling the heres to do or restraining--from doing any particular act. A legacy oocU-be left to an uncertain person (atcerla fne The notion of an uncertain person was Doc d t person who could never be ascertained, fr: several of the instances mentioned by Gain th person or persons would easily be ascertaine stance " qui post testamcntum consul erunt"); but the notion of the uncertainty w rferred to the mind of the testator at the timr.making his testament. Accordingly the prr was not considered incerta, where he was oar t. certain class, such as cognati, though the dual of the class might be uncertain till the rwt happened which was to determine who out tl or class was intended by the testator. Such r= of bequest was called a certa demonttratio loanpersonae. (Gaius, ii. 238.) A legacy could n 'left to a postumus alienus nor could such a f" be a heres institutui, for he wa an incerta prr It has been explained elsewhere who is a pttx hkrks, p. 478: a postumns alienus u or: when born cannot be among the sui heredet of L: testator. It was a question whether a legacy ooaU legally (rtcte) left to a person, who a Itr power of another person who wni made ncm.-" the same wilL The Proculiani denied thai; ' legacy could be left either pore or sub coodirr But if a person who was in the power of scoiM was made heres, a legacy might...
Written by an English lexicographer, this book is a compact dictionary that can help guide readers in furthering their knowledge of Greek and Roman antiquities. Even this smaller dictionary is more than 400-pages long; yet despite its shortness, it is not lacking in giving a precise explanation for each term presented.