Familia funesta

Starting from the reading of the Festus lemma everriator (Fest. s.v. Everriator [Lindsay 68]), the role of the heres extraneus in carrying out the funeral rites of the deceased will be observed. In light of the officium pietatis incumbent upon the heres institutus independently of the acceptance of the inheritance, the argumentum adduced by Gai. 3 de verborum obligationibus D. 45.3.28.4 to justify the capacity of the servus hereditarius to acquire the credit from stipulatio in favor of the heres futurus will be analyzed.