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19.
Percrebuerat ea tempestate pravus mos, cum
propinquis comitiis aut sorte provinciarum plerique orbi
fictis adoptionibus adsciscerent filios, praeturasque et provincias inter patres sortiti statim emitterent manu quos
adoptaverant ... magna cum invidia senatum adeunt, ius
naturae, labores educandi adversus fraudem et artes et
brevitatem adoptionis enumerant. satis pretii esse orbis
quod multa securitate, nullis oneribus gratiam honores
cuncta prompta et obvia haberent. sibi promissa legum diu
expectata in ludibrium verti, quando quis sine sollicitudine
parens, sine luctu orbus longa patrum vota repente adaequaret. factum ex eo senatus consultum ne simulata adoptio
in ulla parte muneris publici iuvaret ac ne usurpandis quidem
hereditatibus prodesset.
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