Liber quadragesimus tertius
XXXI.
Utrubi
(Concerning the Interdict Utrubi.)
1Ulpianus libro septuagensimo secundo ad edictum. Praetor ait: ‘Utrubi hic homo, quo de agitur, maiore parte huiusce anni fuit, quo minus is eum ducat, vim fieri veto’. 1Hoc interdictum de possessione rerum mobilium locum habet: sed optinuit vim eius exaequatam fuisse uti possidetis interdicto, quod de rebus soli competit, ut is et in hoc interdicto vincat, qui nec vi nec clam nec precario, dum super hoc ab adversario inquietatur, possessionem habet.
1Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book LXXII. The Prætor says: “I forbid force to be employed to prevent anyone from removing a slave from the place where he is at present, if he has remained there the greater part of the year.” 1This interdict has reference to the possession of movables; it, however, obtains its validity in the same way as the interdict Uti possidetis, which only applies to real property; so that he also will succeed under this interdict who has obtained possession of the slave without the employment of force, or clandestinely, or by a precarious title, if an adversary attempts to interfere with his possession.