Neratius, Rules, Book III. Women cannot be appointed guardians, because this is an office which belongs to men unless they obtain the guardianship of their children through an express application to the Emperor.

Neratius, Rules, Book III. A woman cannot legally appoint a guardian by will, but if she should do so, he shall be confirmed by the decree of the Prætor or the Proconsul, after an examination has been made; and he shall not be required to give security to the ward for the preservation of his property. 1If a curator should be appointed by the will of a mother for her children, the appointment will be confirmed by a decree after an investigation has been made.

Neratius, Rules, Book IV. Ad Dig. 8,3,2 pr.Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, 7. Aufl. 1891, Bd. I, § 210, Note 2.The servitudes of rustic estates include the right to raise a building and interfere with the residence of a neighbor, or to have a drain under the house or residence of a neighbor, or to have a projecting roof. 1The right to an aqueduct, or to draw water in order that it may be conducted over the same place, can also be granted to several persons; and this can be done on different days, or at different hours. 2Where the water-course or the supply of water to be drawn is sufficient, the right may be granted to several people to conduct the water over the same place, on the same days, or during the same hours.

The Same, Rides, Book V. He, however, who erects a house on the bank of a stream does not thereby make it his own.

Neratius, Rules, Book V. It has been established that where usucaption has been begun by a deceased person, it can be completed before the estate has been entered upon.

Neratius, Rules, Book VI. Ad Dig. 41,1,13 pr.Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, 7. Aufl. 1891, Bd. I, § 155, Note 6.If my agent, by my direction, should purchase anything for me, and it is delivered to him in my name, the ownership of the article, that is to say, the title to it, is acquired by me, even if I am not aware of the fact. 1The guardian of a male or female ward, just like an agent, acquires property for him or her by purchasing it in the name of the ward, even without his or her knowledge.

Neratius, Rules, Book X. Where a trust is expressed in the following terms: “I require; I desire; that you give,” it is valid, or where it is expressed as follows, “I wish my estate to belong to Titius; I know that you will deliver my estate to Titius.”