Senatus consultorum libri
Ex libro IV
Dig. 38,4,2Pomponius libro quarto senatus consultorum. Sed si is, cui adsignassem, decessisset relicto filio et fratre et alterius patroni filio, semissem habiturum eum nepotem, quem esset filius meus is qui vivit habiturus, si ego eum libertum non adsignassem.
Pomponius, Decrees of the Senate, Book IV. If, however, the child to whom I have made the assignment should die, leaving a son, and his brother, and there should also be a son of another patron, the grandson will be entitled to half of the estate, which my son, who is living, would have if I had not assigned the said freedman.
Dig. 38,4,4Pomponius libro quarto senatus consultorum. vel vivus noluerit ad se hereditatem liberti pertinere,
Pomponius, Decrees of the Senate, Book IV. Or the one who survives declines to accept the estate of the freedman:
Dig. 38,4,13Idem libro quarto senatus consultorum. Testamento potest quis et servum manumittere et eundem ut libertum adsignare. 1De liberis, qui sunt in potestate, senatus locutus est: ergo de postumis nihil hoc senatus consulto provisum est: magis tamen puto etiam postumos contineri. 2Quod inquit senatus ‘si ex liberis quis in civitate esse desisset’, eum significat, qui in perpetuum in civitate esse desierit, non etiam si quis ab hostibus captus reverti possit. 3Ex die quoque certa adsignari potest, sed usque in diem certum vix potest: nam ipse senatus huic negotio finem praeposuit.
The Same, Decrees of the Senate, Book IV. Anyone can, by his will, manumit a slave, and assign him to one of his children as his freedman. 1The Senate refers to children who are under the control of their father. Must it therefore be understood that no provision is made for posthumous children by this decree? I think that the better opinion is that posthumous children are also included. 2Where the Decree of the Senate says, “If anyone should lose his civil rights,” it refers to a person who has lost them forever, and not to one who has been captured by the enemy, and may return. 3An assignment can also be made to begin at a certain date, but it can hardly be made for a certain term, as the Senate itself fixed the limit of the transaction.