[21] But the time has now come when it is only right that my opponent should declare who it was that gave him the estate, and what laws justify his introduction in the ward, and why it is that my mother was not heiress to this fortune. These are the points on which you must give your verdict, not as to whether we are late in demanding what is our own. If they cannot explain these points, you would be justified in deciding that the estate is mine.
On The Estate of Aristarchus. Isaeus. Edward Seymour Forster (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1962.
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