The Twelve Tables by Anonymous
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shall become of full age (_perfecta aetas_)[17] ... the Vestal Virgins
are excepted [and] shall be free [from control]. 2. The mancipable (conveyable or movable) possessions of a woman who is under tutelage of [her] agnates[18] shall not be acquired rightfully by usucapion (long usage or long possession), save if these (possessions) by herself shall have been delivered with the sanction of [her] guardian (_tutor_).[19] 3. According as a person shall have ordered regarding his property or the guardianship (_tutela_) of his estate, so shall be the law (_ita ius esto_). 4. If a person die intestate (_intestatus_) and have no self-successor (_suus heres_), the [deceased's] nearest male agnate shall have possession of the estate. 5. If there be no male agnate, the [deceased's] clansmen[20] shall have possession of the estate. 6. To persons[21] for whom a guardian (_tutor_) shall not have been appointed by will (_testamentum_), to them [their] agnates shall be guardians. 7. If a person be insane (_furiosus_), if there be not a guardian (_custos_) for him, rightful authority over his person and over his property shall belong to [his] agnates and [in default of these] to [his] clansmen. If a person be a spendthrift (_prodigus_), he shall be prohibited from [administering his own] goods and he shall be under the guardianship (_curatio_) of [his] agnates. |
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