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Graseck, Paul · 1588

LXVII.
However, this is only established for the fiscus public treasury if the matter concerns the pursuit of a debt, not the exacting of a penalty.
LXVIII.
The third is in the case of children of a prior marriage pursuing the dowry of their deceased mother: for these are preferred over a stepmother and her children. Unless the stepmother can show that there are certain things in the husband's estate that she herself had given as a dowry: for in those, the stepmother will be more potent than her later children.
LXIX.
And in these cases, a later woman yields to prior creditors: however, there are two cases in which, conversely, a prior woman yields to a later creditor.
LXX.
The first obtains in him who lent money to buy military equipment. For he is preferred even over a prior woman, provided that it is expressly contained in an instrument lawfully drawn up regarding this, that in the event that occurs, the one who lent for this purpose becomes the sole creditor.
LXXI.
The second is in the case of a primipilaris a former chief centurion or officer. For if any harm was caused through the administration of the primipilus, not only the husband's goods but also the wife's dowry are tacitly bound to the fiscus in the name of a mortgage.