In ius vocati ut eant aut satis vel cautum dent
(Persons who are summoned must either appear, or give bond or security to do so.)
1 Paulus libro primo ad edictum. Edicto cavetur, ut fideiussor iudicio sistendi causa datus pro rei qualitate locuples detur exceptis necessariis personis: ibi enim qualemcumque accipi iubet: veluti pro parente patrono,
1 Paulus, On the Edict, Book I. It is provided by the Edict, “That where a surety is given that a party will appear in court, the property of the former must be ample, the position of the defendant being taken into consideration, except where the two are closely related, for then it directs that anyone can be accepted”; as, for instance, where a party is offered as surety for his parent or patron.
2 Callistratus libro primo ad edictum monitorium. item pro patrona liberisve suis vel uxore nuruve. tunc enim qualiscumque fideiussor accipi iubetur: et in eum, qui non acceperit, cum sciret eam necessitudinem personarum, quinquaginta aureorum iudicium competit,
2 Callistratus, On the Monitory Edict, Book I. The same rule applies to the patroness, or to the children, the wife, or the daughter-in-law of the patron; for anyone of these persons can give a surety who must be accepted; and where the plaintiff refuses to accept him, being aware that the parties are nearly related, an action for fifty aurei will lie.
3 Paulus libro quarto ad edictum. quoniam pro locuplete accipitur fideiussor in necessariis personis.
3 Paulus, On the Edict, Book IV. The reason for this is, that where persons are nearly related, any surety is accepted as being sufficiently solvent.
4 Ulpianus libro quinquagensimo octavo ad edictum. Qui duos homines in iudicio sisti promisit, si alterum exhibet, alterum non, ex promissione non videtur eos stetisse, cum alter eorum non sit exhibitus.
4 Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book LVIII. Where anyone promises to produce two persons in court, and he produces one and not the other, he is held not to have kept his promise, as one of them has not been produced.