Familiapecuniaque and the Pater familias' Disposal with the Property in the Early Times of the Roman Empire
Abstract
The core of the paper focused on the testamentary and intestate succession according to the decemviral legislation. Following issues were discussed: interpretation of the terms familia (as in the material - property sense) and pecunia and their differentiation; identification of the original wording of the Twelve Tables regarding the testamentary and intestate succession (Tab V, 3-5); relations amongst testamentary and intestate succession and its development towards the precedence of the testamentary succession against the intestate succession; the way the calate testament is being made and the content thereof; the emergence and the functioning of the mancipation testament; their internal relations; the meaning of the verb legare (Tab V, 3: uti legassit ... ita ius esto), etc.