The Institutes of Roman Law

adire hereditatem ob id quod dicat eam sibi suspectam esse § 104. quasi damnosam, cavetur Pegasiano senatusconsulto, ut, desiderante eo cui restituere rogatus est, jussu praetoris adeat et restituat hereditatem, perindeque ei et in eum, qui recipit hereditatem, actiones dentur, ac si juris est ex Trebelliano senatusconsulto. Quo casu nullis stipulationibus opus est, quia simul et huic qui restituit securitas datur et actiones hereditariae ei et in eum transferuntur, qui recipit hereditatem, utroque senatusconsulto in hac specie concurrente. Eod. § 7: Sed

placuit, exploso senatusconsulto Pegasiano quod postea supervenit, omnem auctoritatem Trebelliano senatusconsulto praestare, ut ex eo fideicommissariae hereditates restituantur, sive habeat heres ex voluntate testatoris quartam, sive plus, sive minus, sive penitus nihil, ut tunc quando vel nihil vel minus quarta apud eum remaneat, liceat ei vel quartam, vel quod deest, ex nostra auctoritate retinere, vel repetere solutum, quasi ex Trebelliano senatusconsulto pro rata portione actionibus tam in heredem quam in fideicommissarium competentibus.

$105. Mortis causa capio.

Mortis causa capio is a general term for any mode of acquisition § 105. which takes effect by virtue of the last wishes of a dead person. It means more particularly a mode of acquisition on death which does not take the form of a succession to an inheritance or of a legacy, as, for example, where a person receives something condicionis implendae causa—a testator, say, instituting Maevius as heir subject to the condition: si Titio decem dederit.

A mortis causa donatio (sup. p. 138) is likewise a form of mortis causa capio. True, the title to a mortis causa donatio does not commence with the inheritance, but takes effect from the last moment of the life of the deceased, and is consequently independent of the aditio of the inheritance. Nevertheless mortis causa donationes are governed, on principle, by the same rules of law as legacies. A mortis causa donatio-even though in excess of the limits imposed on gifts (sup. p. 138)-can be validly effected by

§ 105. means of a codicil, i.e. without the necessity of a judicial insinuatio. It is subject to the deduction of the Falcidian fourth by the instituted heir, and-like a legacy again-it presupposes the solvency of the estate, so that it can only take effect, if sufficient assets remain after deducting the debts.

L. 35 pr. D. de mortis causa don. (39, 6) (PAULUS): Senatus censuit placere mortis causa donationes factas in eos quos lex prohibet capere, in eadem causa haberi, in qua essent, quae testamento his legata essent, quibus capere per legem non liceret.

INDEX.

(The references are to the pages. Figures in the thicker type indicate references
to the Latin extracts. The small figures placed in brackets after the larger ones
refer to the foot-notes.)

verbal, nature, form, and object
of, 342, 343, 344.

Accessio, 243-245, 247: distinguished
from specificatio, 248.

possessionis, in usucapio, 241,

254 (').
Accident, in the law of contract, see
Casus.

Accrual, between co-heirs, 414: see
also Jus accrescendi.
Accusatio suspecti tutoris, 407.
Acquisitio hereditatis, 413, 414-420:
by heredes domestici, 414-418: by
heredes extranei, 418-420.
Acquisition, derivative and original,
of ownership, see Ownership.
Acquisitiones civiles and naturales,
231, 232: see Ownership.

Actio, meaning of, 152, 153, 163:
classification of actions, 185-188.
ad exhibendum, 190.

Actio communi dividundo, when em-
ployed, 320: an actio mixta, 188.
conducti, 311, 312.

confessoria, for the protection of
servitudes, 266, 267: unsatisfactory
result of a mere pecuniary condemna-
tion in an, 190: utilis, can be brought
by an emphyteuta, 269.

de arboribus succisis, 155 (3).

de dolo (doli), the appropriate
remedy for dolus, 136, 330: object
of, 136: only subsidiary, 136, 330:
entails infamy on the party con-
demned, 330: unsatisfactory result
of a mere pecuniary condemnation in
an, 190.

de effusis vel dejectis, 331.
de eo quod certo loco, 196.
de in rem verso, 336, 339, 340 :
utilis, 338, 339.

de pauperie, 331: co-owners of
an animal that has done damage cor-
real debtors in respect of the, 280 (2).
de peculio, 335, 336, 339, 340:
see also 392.

de pecunia constituta, 322, 323.
de posito vel suspenso, 331.
de recepto, 318.

de statu defuncti, barred in five
years, 206 (1).

depositi, 293: unsatisfactory re-
sult of a mere pecuniary condemna-
tion in an, 190: plea of set-off not
allowed in, 353, 354.

doli, see Actio de dolo.

emti, 310.

ex interdicto, 216.

ex stipulatu, by the creditor in

stipulatio, 302, 304: for the recovery
of dos, 376: differences between the,
and the actio rei uxoriae, 376, 377:
Justinian's statutory, 378, 379.
Actio exercitoria, 337, 339.

- familiae erciscundae, when em-
ployed, 320, 471: an actio mixta,
188: legata per praeceptionem en-
forced by, 474, 476.

- fiduciae, on a mancipatio fidu-
ciae causa, 36: for what purpose
available, 316 (1): what the judex
in an, had to determine, 36: an actio
bonae fidei, ibid.: an actio in factum
concepta, 36 (11).

finium regundorum, when em-
ployed, 320: an actio mixta, 188.

furti, a penal action, 188, 323,
325: who can bring an, 324, 325:
concepti, oblati, non exhibiti, and
prohibiti, 324.

hypothecaria, or quasi Serviana,
274: introduction of the, 183: un-
satisfactory result of a mere pecuniary
condemnation in an, 190: see also
179, 180.

in factum civilis, (in factum
praescriptis verbis, when available,
294, 316: distinguished from an actio
in factum, simply, 180 (1): the clas-
sical jurists always say agere prae-
scriptis verbis, 295 (').

in rem scripta, explained, 186,
187.

injuriarum aestimatoria, 328.
injuriarum noxalis, 194.
institoria, 337, 340.

judicati, who may bring an,
210: effect of, 211: had to be brought
by the successful plaintiff if he wished
to effect an execution, 213.

an,

liable to an, for delicts of slave, 331:
co-owners of a slave correally liable to
280 (2): husband liable to an, for
delicts of wife in manu, 369: unsatis-
factory operation of a pecuniary con-
demnation in an, 191: how remedied
by the praetor, 194: not as such an
actio arbitraria, 197 (6).

Actio pignoraticia, 293: unsatisfactory
result of a mere pecuniary condemna-
tion in an, 190.

praescriptis verbis, see Actio in
factum praescriptis verbis.
pro socio, 314.
protutelae, 406.

Publiciana, an actio ficticia,
181 a rei vindicatio (utilis), 181:
form of the intentio in an, 181: an
actio in jus concepta, 182: employed
by bonitary owners, 233: intended
for the protection of usucapio posses-
sors, 249, 250: but chiefly used for
the protection of owners, 251.

Publiciana confessoria, when
available for the protection of servi
tudes, 267.

Publiciana negatoria, 250.
quanti minoris, 310.
quasi institoria, 338.

quasi Serviana, see Actio hypo-
thecaria.

quod jussu, 336.

quod metus causa, object of,
135, 330 against whom available,
135, 136: an actio in rem scripta,
186 unsatisfactory result of a mere
pecuniary condemnation in an, 190.

rationibus distrahendis, 406.
redhibitoria, nature and object
of, 310 unsatisfactory result of a
mere pecuniary condemnation in an,
190: how remedied by the praetor,
194.

rei uxoriae, object and nature
of, 375, 376: differences between the,
and the actio exstipulatu, 376, 377;
change in the, by Justinian, 377, 378,
379.

rerum amotarum, 371.
rescissoria or restitutoria, 218.
Serviana, 182, 274.
tributoria, 336.
tutelae, 319, 405.

venditi, 310: de in rem verso,
de peculio, and institoria, 338.

vi bonorum raptorum, 325, 326.
vindictam spirans, explained,
329: examples of, 329, 466.

- famosae, 128.

- ficticiae, explained and illus-
trated, 181: by a usucapio possessor,
249, 250 by the assignee of an ob-
ligation, 334 (2): by and against a
bonorum possessor, 435, 436.

in factum conceptae, explained,
180: how employed by the praetor,
180, 183: may be directae or utiles,
182 actiones bonae fidei first used in

the shape of, 36 (1).

in jus conceptae, explained, 179:
may be directae or utiles, 180, 181.

in personam and in rem, differ-
ence between, explained, 185, 186,
187, 188: Labeo probably the author
of the division of actions into, 65.

by the praetor, 194, 195: see also
Negotia stricti juris.

Actus: see Servitus.

Addictio, an acquisitio civilis, 232:

follows a confessio in jure at once, 31.
Aditio hereditatis, meaning of, 427,
428 is required from heredes ex-
tranei, 418, but not from heredes
domestici, 415: is irrevocable, 419.
Adjudicatio, an acquisitio civilis, 232:
a derivative mode of acquisition, 236,
237: a mode of acquiring servitudes,
265 in what actions it occurs, 320.
Administrative Law, a branch of
public law, 16.

Procedure, the procedure extra
ordinem an, 213.

Adnotare, meaning of, 455 (®).
Adnumerare, meaning of, 228 (1).
Adoptio (Datio in adoptionem), a
mode of acquiring patria potestas,
357, 385, 386: two kinds of adop-
tion, Arrogatio (q. v.) and adoptio,
in the narrower sense, 386, 389:
adoptio originally a public act, 387,
450 (3): the private juristic act due
to the interpretatio, 32, 387: involves
capitis deminutio minima, 124, 125:
how transacted, 387, 388: simplifi-
cation by the law of the later empire,
388: effect of, under Justinian, ac-
cording as it was plena or minus
plena, 388 rights of succession of
adoptive children under the Prae-
torian Edict, 440 (see also 438), under
the 118th Novel, 443: women cannot
adopt, 388: wills originate in adop-
tion, see Wills.

Adoptive children, rights of succes-
sion of, see Adoptio.
Adpromissor, 304.
Adscribere, meaning of, 455 (®).
Adstipulatio, Adstipulator, 303,
304: provision concerning, in the
lex Aquilia, 326 (*).

Adventicia, see Bona adventicia;
Dos.

Adversaria, 308 (1).

Aedes vectigales, 268.

Aediles, Curule, Edict of the, 56:
actions introduced by the (aedilician
actions), 310.

Aelius, Sextus, 59, 60, 62.
Aerarium (Treasury), as a subject of
proprietary rights, 102: caducorum
vindicatio by, 385.

Aeris confessus, in the position of a
judgment-debtor, 158.

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