Irrelevant Questions.

I.

Whether certain forms of interest usuræ usury/interest may be rightly accepted according to Divine, Canon, Civil, and International Law, is a matter of question? I affirm it.

II.

It is doubted whether a statute requiring the consent of guardians and relatives for the substance of a marriage, such that without their consent the contract is null, is valid or not? I deny that it is valid.

III.

Should paternal and maternal parents, occurring in an equal degree, succeed equally, rejecting the distinction between paternal and maternal goods? I judge the affirmative opinion to be defensible.

IIII.

It is debated whether a testator can prohibit children from dividing hereditary goods, so that they remain in perpetual communion? I would believe the negative to be more certain than the affirmative.

V.

Can an outlaw bannitus a person under ban or excommunication defend himself both by taking action and by entering an exception a legal defense or plea? I have considered both to be denied.