Ad edictum praetoris libri
Ex libro XVI
Dig. 5,3,8Paulus libro sexto decimo ad edictum. Legitimam hereditatem vindicare non prohibetur is qui, cum ignorabat vires testamenti, iudicium defuncti secutus est.
Paulus, On the Edict, Book XVI. A person is not prohibited from bringing suit for the recovery of a legal estate, because he carried out the intention of the deceased at a time when he was ignorant whether the will was valid or not.
Dig. 50,17,124Paulus libro sexto decimo ad edictum. Ubi non voce, sed praesentia opus est, mutus, si intellectum habet, potest videri respondere. idem in surdo: hic quidem et respondere potest. 1Furiosus absentis loco est et ita Pomponius libro primo epistularum scribit.
Paulus, On the Edict, Book XVI. In transactions where not speech, but the presence of the party is required, a dumb person who has intelligence can be considered to answer. The same rule applies to one who is deaf, for he also can answer. 1Pomponius, in the First Book says: “An insane person occupies the same position as one who is absent.”