Theses de hereditatibus, quae ab intestato deferuntur

power and remained in their power.

LXVI.

However, if an arrogated son a person sui iuris who is adopted dies before puberty, the adopting father does not succeed, but the goods are restored to those who, had no arrogation taken place, would have come to his succession.

LXVII.

If, however, the arrogated person died after puberty, we believe that the natural fathers, as well as brothers of the whole blood and the sons of a pre-deceased brother (these latter however entering the paternal degree), are called in per capita together with the arrogator.

LXVIII.

Natural parents only succeed to their natural children in those cases in which we have said natural children are called to their succession.

LXIX.

Therefore, if a natural son dies intestate without descendants and a wife, only two ounces i.e., a sixth part go to the father.

LXX.

The mother, however, or ascendants from the maternal line, are admitted to the succession of natural children in full.

LXXI.

Whether, however, brothers born from the same mother and in the same concubinage succeed to one another together with the mother is a question? And we think they succeed by the example of legitimate and natural brothers.

LXXII.

Furthermore, in those cases where we said spurious sons are admitted to succession, in these they also preserve decent gratitude of spirit toward their natural parents.

LXXIII.

Clearly, all that we have said about those born from wicked, incestuous, and other prohibited