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Well, then, is
everyone who fails to appear in defence of his father
to be disinherited? Are there no exceptions to the
rule? At this point the following arguments will
spontaneously suggest themselves. “Is an infant
liable to the law?” For we may imagine a case
where the son is an infant and has failed to appear
in his father's support. Again “does the law apply
to a man who was away from home or absent on
military service or on an embassy?” We have
gained a considerable amount of ground; for we
[p. 37]
have established the fact that a man may fail to
appear for his father and still inherit.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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