De sententiam passis et restitutis
(Concerning Persons Upon Whom Sentence Has Been Passed and Who Have Been Restored to Their Rights.)
1Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book XXXVIII. A patron who has been deported, and afterwards restored to his civil rights, is admitted to the succession of a freedman. 1If, however, a person has been condemned to the mines, does his penal servitude extinguish his right as a patron, even after his restoration? The better opinion is that penal servitude does not extinguish his rights as a patron.
2The Same, Opinions, Book V. When a person who has been deported and restored regains his rank by the indulgence of the Emperor, but does not recover all his property, he can neither be sued by his creditors nor by the Treasury. When, however, the power of recovering his property also is offered him by the Emperor, and he prefers to relinquish it, he cannot avoid any actions brought against him before he was sentenced.
3Papinianus, Opinions, Book XVI. The Treasury retained the property of a man who was deported to an island, after his punishment had been remitted. It is established that creditors before his conviction have no rights of action against him who was their former debtor. If, however, he recovers his property with the restitution of his rank, prætorian actions will not be necessary, for direct actions will lie.