To the Judge of said Court: The petition of of said , respectfully represents that late of , deceased the day of , at , died testate, as petitioner believe; that the instrument in writing herewith presented to this court, is the last will and testament of said deceased as petitioner believe; and that the said petitioner the identical named and appointed in and by said last will and testament as executor thereof; that the heirs at law of said deceased are .
"Studies in Civics"
James T. McCleary
By acting as heir is mean, for instance, using things belonging to the inheritance as one's own, or selling them, or cultivating or giving leases of the deceased's estates, provided only one expresses in any way whatsoever, by deed or word, one's intention to accept the inheritance, so long as one knows that the person with whose property one is thus dealing has died testate or intestate, and that one is that person's heir.
"The Institutes of Justinian"
Caesar Flavius Justinian
By this it was enacted that, whenever a freedman left property amounting in value to a hundred thousand sesterces and upwards, and not so many as three children, the patron, whether he died testate or intestate, should be entitled to a portion equal to that of a single child.
"The Institutes of Justinian"
Caesar Flavius Justinian