Ad edictum praetoris urbani libri
Ex De publicanis titulo
Dig. 19,1,19Gaius ad edictum praetoris titulo de publicanis. Veteres in emptione venditioneque appellationibus promiscue utebantur.
Gaius, On the Edict of the Prætor, Title “Publicans.” The ancients, in speaking of purchase and sale, made use of these terms without distinction.
Dig. 39,4,5Gaius ad edictum praetoris urbani titulo de publicanis. Hoc edicto efficitur, ut ante acceptum quidem iudicium restituta re actio evanescat, post acceptum vero iudicium nihilo minus poena duret. sed tamen absolvendus est etiam qui post acceptum iudicium restituere paratus est. 1Quaerentibus autem nobis, utrum duplum totum poena sit et praeterea rei sit persecutio, an in duplo sit et rei persecutio, ut poena simpli sit, magis placuit, ut res in duplo sit.
Gaius, On the Edict of the Urban Prætor, Title: Farmers of the Revenue. It is provided by this Edict that if the property should be restored before issue has been joined, the right of action will be extinguished; still, after this, suit for the penalty can be brought. If, however, Ihe farmer of the revenue is ready to make restitution even after issue has been joined, he should be released from liability. 1We may ask whether the payment of double damages provided by the Edict is entirely a penalty, and suit can afterwards be brought for the recovery of the property; or whether the recovery of the property is included in the double damages, so that the penalty is only simple. The weight of opinion is that the property is included in the double damages.