Gaius, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book VIII. Can it be doubted whether this law will apply where a patron marries a freedwoman in whom another party jointly has rights? Javolenus denies that it does apply, because she is not properly held to be the freedwoman of one man who also is that of another. On the contrary, others hold that it cannot be denied that she is the freedwoman of one man, because she is also the freedwoman of another; and this opinion the majority of jurists have approved as correct.

Gaius, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book VIII. (For instance, where they have relinquished their right, or have been excluded from prætorian possession by lapse of time, or have died before demanding possession):

Gaius, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book VIII. A man who has only one son or one daughter is not without children; for the expression, “He has children,” or “he has not children,” is always used in the plural number, just as writing tablets and codicils are.