De loco publico fruendo
(Concerning the edict relating to the enjoyment of a public place.)
1 Ulpianus libro sexagensimo octavo ad edictum. Praetor ait: ‘Quo minus loco publico, quem is, cui locandi ius fuerit, fruendum alicui locavit, ei qui conduxit sociove eius e lege locationis frui liceat, vim fieri veto’. 1Interdictum hoc publicae utilitatis causa proponi palam est: tuetur enim vectigalia publica, dum prohibetur quis vim facere ei, qui id fruendum conduxit. 2Sed si simul veniant ad interdictum movendum ipse qui conduxerit et socius eius, magis est, ut ipse conductor praeferatur. 3Ait praetor ‘quo minus e lege locationis frui liceat’. merito ait ‘e lege locationis’: ultra legem enim vel contra legem non debet audiri, qui frui desiderat.
1 Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book LXVIII. The Prætor says: “I forbid force to be employed to prevent anyone who has leased public property, or his partner, from enjoying it in accordance with the terms of the lease.” 1It is evident that this interdict was established for the general welfare, for it protects the public revenue when it forbids violence to be employed against anyone who has leased public land for the purpose of enjoying it. 2If a lessee and his partner both apply to have the interdict issued, the lessee himself will be entitled to the preference. 3The Prætor says, “In accordance with the terms of the lease,” and this is reasonable, for a tenant who desires to enjoy the property beyond, or contrary to the terms of his lease, should not be heard.
2 Paulus libro quinto sententiarum. Concedi solet, ut imagines et statuae, quae ornamenta rei publicae sunt futurae, in publicum ponantur.
2 Paulus, Decisions, Book V. It is customary to permit pictures and statues, which will be ornamental to a city, to be set up in public places.