Ad legem Iuliam et Papiam libri
Ex libro XIII
The Same, On the Lex Julia et Papia. The Emperor is free from the operation of the law, and though the Empress is undoubtedly subject to it, still, the Emperors generally confer upon her the same privileges which they themselves enjoy.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. The right of building a sewer is a servitude.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. An appointed heir is held to have signified his acceptance even in case of substitution, whenever he can acquire the property for himself; for if he should die, he will not transfer the substitution to his heir.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. Where there are two copies of a will, and one of them remains unsealed, the will is held to be opened. 1Where the will itself is unsealed, there is no doubt that it should be considered as opened; for we do not inquire by whom it is to be opened. 2If a will should not be produced, or has been burned, it follows that relief should be granted to the legatees; and the same rule applies where the will has been suppressed, or concealed.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. Where anyone makes a will and also a copy of it, and the copy is open, the will is not considered to be open; but when the original will is open, everything else is likewise.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. Where a bequest is made to anyone at a time when he is already dead, it is considered as not having been written. 1Moreover, where a legatee is in the power of the enemy at the time that the will is made, and does not return from captivity, the legacy is held not to have been written. This was also stated by Julianus.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. A legacy becomes of no effect, if the person to whom it was bequeathed conditionally should die before the condition is fulfilled. 1But what if he should not die, but should lose his civil rights? For instance, where a bequest was made to a certain man, “if he should become Consul,” and he is deported to an island, will the legacy not be extinguished in the meantime, because he can be restored to his civil rights? I think that this is extremely probable. 2The same rule cannot be said to apply where a penalty involving servitude is imposed upon him, because servitude resembles death.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XIII. Where the following provision is included in a will, “Let my heir be charged with the payment of ten aurei to Lucius Titius, and let as much more be given him as he will lose by the operation of the Falcidian Law,” the will of the testator must be executed.