Gardner reconstructs various stages in the evolution of the praetor's edict to show that these worked for the advantage of the emancipati, first by replacing the inheritance rights of the gens in civil law with that of
cognati (blood relatives) and then by extending the category of the primary heirs, the sui heredes, which had included only descendants still in potestate, to form the category liberi (children), which included emancipated children.
Christoferus autem de Tolentino predictus paratus erit quandocumque fuerit requisitus et libenter intendet huic rei maxime respectu predicti eius
cognati, quia nullam pecuniam habet cum Florentinis nec etiam a comite Francisco.
frater suus qui tune fun' et erat presens et alu plures agnati
cognati seu affines et vicini et amici Jacobi Guillelmi supradicti .
prae-] for candido (13: 22), and
cognati for cognatio (14: 17).
In Bellissima, Maddalena vorrebbe andare alla partita col marito e i
cognati mentre la figlia non mangiava dal giorno precedente.
