Eustathios Romaios pronounced on Michael Keroularios, his deceased brother & his wife, all of whom fell foul of the law

Summary:
Michael Keroularios had stood surety for his brother over the dowry of the latter's wife, receiving one of his estates. When Michael became a criminal, she sued for her dowry and recovered the estate. But then she and her husband too fell foul of the law and they stopped the suit. Michael tried to have an inventory made of his brother's property. Eustathios Romaios, in judging the case, balanced the dowry rights of the wife against those of Michael, the guarantor (whose later actions were designed to support her more than himself) 
Dates:
1040 
wife of brother of Michael Keroularios (Anonyma 2103)
  • Michael 11 stood surety for her husband Anonymus 2105 over her dowry (for which he had responsibility for other reasons), receiving one of his brother's estates; when Michael did wrong, she sued for her dowry and recovered the estate (:) Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
  • On receiving the estate she and her husband too fell foul of the law; Eustathios 61's judgement on these three criminals included the dowry rights of the wife and those of the guarantor who supported her more than himself (:) οὐ τοσοῦτον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὅσον ὑπὲρ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀξιοῦντα Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
elder brother of Michael Keroularios (Anonymus 2105)
  • His brother (Michael 11) stood surety for his dowry, and received an estate of his by legal decision; when Michael did wrong, his sister-in-law sued for her dowry; the estate was returned to her, then she and her husband both did wrong (:) Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
Eustathios Romaios (Eustathios 61)
  • He pronounced on Michael 11, Anonymus 2105 and Anonyma 2103, all of whom had fallen foul of the law; he balanced the dowry rights of the wife against those of Michael, the guarantor who supported her more than himself (:) οὐ τοσοῦτον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὅσον ὑπὲρ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀξιοῦντα Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
Michael I Keroularios, patriarch of Constantinople (Michael 11)
  • When he became a criminal, his brother's wife began a suit for her dowry, and the estate was restored to her as her husband's property; he tried to have an inventory made of all his brother's fortune, and to have the case of the dowry heard (:) Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
  • Then his brother and sister-in-law both fell foul of the law and stopped the case for the dowry; Eustathios 61's judgement on the three balanced the dowry rights of the wife and those of the guarantor who supported her more than himself (:) οὐ τοσοῦτον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὅσον ὑπὲρ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀξιοῦντα Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2
  • He stood guarantor for his brother (Anonymus 2105) over his dowry, for which he [probably Michael] had responsibility for other reasons, and by judicial decision he received an estate of his brother’s; but later he fell foul of the law (:) Eustathios Romaios Peira, 65.2