CONSULTATIO VETERIS CUIUSDAM IURISCONSULTI. — This is a careful responsum, rendered in pre-Justinian Roman law by a jurist of the 5th century concerning an inheritance division between a brother and sister, the latter being represented in the transaction and ensuing lawsuit by her own husband.
In the responsum, various substantive and procedural legal issues are resolved with the citation of doctrine and legislation, the latter drawn from the Gregorian, Hermogenian, and Theodosian Codes.
The jurist appears to hold Christian sentiments, as shown by the phrases: «In Dei nomine quid tractari debeat» (V, 1); «Iuvante Deo quid tractari debeat» (VI, 1).
The C. was first published by Cujacius from an apograph codex now lost, which had been given to him by A. Loisel. Notable subsequent editions include those of P. Krueger, in Coll. lib. iur. rom. ant., III (Berlin 1890), and G. Baviera, in Fontes iuris romani anteiustiniani (Florence 1940).