Isaeus, On The Estate Of Pyrrhus, Edward Seymour Forster (Translator), 59

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[59] We all know perfectly well that every one of us has the right to claim the adjudication of a brother's estate, but that, if he has left legitimate children born of his body, no child need claim to have his patrimony adjudicated to him.¹ It is quite unnecessary to labor this point, for all of you, and all other citizens as well, possess your patrimonies without any adjudication by the courts.

On The Estate Of Pyrrhus. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.

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Περὶ τοῦ Πύρρου κλήρου Perseus (Isaeus. Forster, Edward Seymour, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1927 (1962 printing).) — 59 focus

[59] ἀκριβῶς γὰρ ἐπιστάμεθα πάντες ὅτι ἀδελφῶν μὲν κλήρων ἐπιδικασία πᾶσίν ἐστιν ἡμῖν, ὅτῳ δὲ γόνῳ γεγόνασι γνήσιοι παῖδες, οὐδενὶ ἐπιδικάζεσθαι τῶν πατρῴων προσήκει. καὶ περὶ τούτων οὐδένα λόγον λεχθῆναι δεῖ· ἅπαντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πολῖται ἀνεπίδικα ἔχουσι τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστοι πατρῷα.

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1. i.e., would succeed naturally without consent of the courts, which had to be obtained by collateral and testamentary heirs.

Isaeus On The Estate Of Pyrrhus 59

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