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xvii.
Sons of the family original: "filijfam." are under the power of someone; and these, regarding their own property or private acquisitions, as they are able to sue and defend, can without doubt demand the oath of calumny.
xviii.
Those of their own right original: "Sui iuris" include the father, tutors, curators, administrators of public affairs, proctors, and freedmen.
xix.
The father either sues and defends regarding the property of an emancipated son, or one still subject to his power. In the former case, he cannot seek the oath of calumny.
xx.
But in the latter case, he either sues and defends regarding the military or quasi-military peculium gloss: private fund or property held by a person under another's power; in these, since no right belongs to the father, he does not demand the oath of calumny.
xxi.
Or he sues regarding adventitious peculium gloss: property acquired from sources other than the father, and then, as a legitimate administrator, he rightly seeks this oath.
xxii.
Tutors, curators, and administrators of cities, since they act in lawsuits in the name of wards, adults, and cities, rightly also demand this oath.
xxiii.
A proctor is appointed either for lawsuits or for business; and if he is appointed regarding the property of the principal, and in the absence of the principal for a just cause, he can demand this oath.
xxiv.
Or if he is appointed regarding his own property, he can much more readily seek this oath, because he is conducting his own lawsuit.
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