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Now in addition to this read the law which
appoints that there shall be an adjudication of all heiresses, whether alien or
citizen, and that in the case of those who are citizens the archon shall have
jurisdiction and shall take charge of the matter, and in the case of those who
are resident aliens, the polemarch; and it shall not be lawful for anyone to
obtain an inheritance or an heiress without legal adjudication.“LawThe archon shall
assign by lot days for the trial of claims to inheritances or heiresses in
every month except Scirophorion1;
and no one shall obtain an inheritance without adjudication.”
1 The month Scirophorion corresponds to the latter half of June and the prior half of July. “This month may have been excepted, since it was the last month of the Attic year, and in it the magistrates vacated office and passed their audit.” （Sandys）
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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