Excusationum libri
Ex libro V
Dig. 26,5,22Idem libro quinto excusationum. Καὶ οἱ μὴ βουλευταὶ βουλευτῶν παισὶ χειροτονοῦνται ἐπίτροποι, ὥσπερ καὶ βουλευταὶ τοῖς μὴ ἐκ βουλευτῶν.
Dig. 27,1,14Idem libro quinto excusationum. Ἀπελεύθερον ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ περὶ ἀφέσεως ἐπιτρόπων καὶ κουρατόρων εἰδέναι δεῖ ὅτι οὐ μόνον τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ὀρφανοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μητρὸσ νοεῖσθαι χρή. 1Καὶ ὁπόταν δὲ ζητῶμεν περὶ παίδων πάτρωνος, εἰδέναι χρὴ ὅτι τὴν προσηγορίαν ταύτην οὐκ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ βαθμῷ στήσομεν, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν υἱὸν καὶ θυγατέρα, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐγγόνουσ ἐξ ἑκατέρου καὶ τοὺς ἐφεξῆς. 2Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐὰν δίκαιον χρυσῶν δακτυλίων λάβῃ, ἔτι διασώζει τὴν τῶν ἀπελευθέρων τάξιν ἐν τούτῳ, ἅπερ ἀντέγραψεν ὁ θειότατος Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ μέγας. 3Ὁ ἰδίῳ ἀργυρίῳ ὠνηθεὶς καὶ ἀπελευθερωθεὶς οὐδαμῶς συγκρίνεται τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀπελευθέροις. 4Ἐὰν πολλοὶ ἀπελευθερώσωσιν ἕνα, πάντων τοῖς τέκνοις ἐπίτροπος δοθήσεται καὶ ἀπὸ τριῶν ἐπιτροπῶν οὐκ ἀπολυθήσεται.
The Same, Excuses, Book V. Where, in matters relating to the excuses of guardians and curators, reference is had to a freedman, it must be noted that not only the freedman of the father of the ward, but also the freedman of his mother, is understood. 1And since we are discussing the children of a patron, it must be noted that this term is not only applicable to descendants in the first degree; that is to say, to sons and daughters, but also to grandchildren on both sides, as well as to those who succeed to them. 2And even though a freedman may obtain the right to wear a gold ring, he still retains the rank of freedman, in accordance with what was decreed by Marcus Antoninus. 3Where a slave purchases himself with his own money, and is manumitted, he shall never be included among other freedmen. 4Where there are several freedmen, one shall be appointed guardian for all the children of his patron, and he shall not be discharged even if he is already administering three guardianships.