Si quis ius dicenti non obtemperaverit
(Where Anyone Refuses Obedience to a Magistrate Rendering Judgment.)
1 Ulpianus libro primo ad edictum. Omnibus magistratibus, non tamen duumviris, secundum ius potestatis suae concessum est iurisdictionem suam defendere poenali iudicio. 1Is videtur ius dicenti non obtemperasse, qui quod extremum in iurisdictione est non fecit: veluti si quis rem mobilem vindicari a se passus non est, sed duci eam vel ferri passus est: ceterum si et sequentia recusavit, tunc non obtemperasse videtur. 2Si procurator tuus vel tutor vel curator ius dicenti non obtemperavit, ipse punitur, non dominus vel pupillus. 3Non solum autem reum, qui non obtemperavit, hoc edicto teneri Labeo ait, verum etiam petitorem. 4Hoc iudicium non ad id quod interest, sed quanti ea res est concluditur: et cum meram poenam contineat, neque post annum neque in heredem datur.
1 Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book I. It is permitted to all magistrates, with the exception only of Duumviri, to protect their administration by means of penalties in accordance with their official rights. 1He is presumed to refuse obedience to a magistrate having jurisdiction, who declines to execute what has finally been determined; as for example, where he will not allow someone to remove personal property from his possession, but permits it to be taken or carried away; and if he opposes the subsequent proceedings, it is then considered that he does not obey. 2If an agent, guardian, or curator refuses to obey a magistrate, he himself is punished, and not the principal or the ward. 3Labeo says that not only the defendant, but also the plaintiff, if he does not obey, is liable under this Edict. 4This suit is not for a sum which corresponds to the interest of the party who brings it, but is limited to the amount of damages sustained; and as it includes a mere penalty it is extinguished after the lapse of a year, and does not lie against the heir.