Ad edictum provinciale libri
Ex libro XXI
Dig. 12,1,28Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Creditor, qui non idoneum pignus accepit, non amittit exactionem eius debiti quantitatis, in quam pignus non sufficit.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. Where a creditor did not take proper security, he will not for that reason lose the right to exact payment for the amount of the debt which the pledge was not sufficient to secure.
Dig. 19,1,20Idem libro vicesimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Idem est et in locatione et conductione.
The Same, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. The same rule applies to cases of leasing and hiring.
Dig. 39,4,2Gaius libro vicesimo primo ad edictum provinciale. nec liceat domino absentem defendere eum,
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. A master shall not be allowed to defend his absent slave.
Dig. 41,3,1Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Bono publico usucapio introducta est, ne scilicet quarundam rerum diu et fere semper incerta dominia essent, cum sufficeret dominis ad inquirendas res suas statuti temporis spatium.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. Usucaption was introduced for the public welfare, and especially in order that the ownership of certain property might not remain for a long time, and almost forever, undetermined; as a sufficient time is granted to owners to make inquiry after their property.
Dig. 41,3,5Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Naturaliter interrumpitur possessio, cum quis de possessione vi deicitur vel alicui res eripitur. quo casu non adversus eum tantum, qui eripit, interrumpitur possessio, sed adversus omnes. nec eo casu quicquam interest, is qui usurpaverit dominus sit nec ne: ac ne illud quidem interest, pro suo quisque possideat an ex lucrativa causa.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. Possession is naturally interrupted when anyone is forcibly deprived of it, or the property is stolen from him; in which instance possession is interrupted, not only with reference to him who stole the property, but with reference to everyone else. Nor, under these circumstances, does it make any difference whether he who obtained legal possession is the owner of the property or not. Nor is it material whether the person in question possesses the property as the owner, or merely for the purpose of profiting by it.
Dig. 47,8,5Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Non prodest ei qui vi rapuit ad evitandam poenam, si ante iudicium restituat rem quam rapuit.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. It will not benefit the person guilty of robbery with violence to restore the property before judgment is rendered, with a view to avoiding the penalty.
Dig. 47,9,2Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Et loco,
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. As well as to the place.
Dig. 47,9,5Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. Si quis ex naufragio vel ex incendio ruinave servatam rem et alio loco positam subtraxerit aut rapuerit, furti scilicet aut alias vi bonorum raptorum iudicio tenetur, maxime si non intellegebat ex naufragio vel incendio ruinave eam esse. iacentem quoque rem ex naufragio, quae fluctibus expulsa sit, si quis abstulerit, plerique idem putant. quod ita verum est, si aliquod tempus post naufragium intercesserit: alioquin si in ipso naufragii tempore id acciderit, nihil interest, utrum ex ipso mari quisque rapiat an ex naufragiis an ex litore. de eo quoque, quod ex rate nave expugnata raptum sit, eandem interpretationem adhibere debemus.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. If anyone should remove by stealth, or take by violence anything which has been rescued from a shipwreck, a fire, or the destruction of a house, and placed elsewhere, he will be liable either to an action for theft, or to one for property taken by violence; especially if he did not know that it came from a shipwreck, a fire or the destruction of a building. Where anyone carries away property which has been lost in a shipwreck, and is lying on the shore where it was cast by the waves; many authorities hold the same opinion, and it is correct, if some time intervened since the shipwreck took place. Otherwise, if this occurred at the very time of the shipwreck, it makes no difference whether the goods were taken from the sea itself or from the wreck, or from the shore. We should make the same distinction where they were taken from a boat or a vessel in distress.
Dig. 50,16,41Gaius libro vicensimo primo ad edictum provinciale. ‘Armorum’ appellatio non utique scuta et gladios et galeas significat, sed et fustes et lapides.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. The word “arms” not only means shields, swords, and helmets, but also clubs and stones.