Ad edictum provinciale libri
Ex libro XXI
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.
The Same, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. The same rule applies to cases of leasing and hiring.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. A master shall not be allowed to defend his absent slave.
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.
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.
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.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. As well as to the place.
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.
Gaius, On the Provincial Edict, Book XXI. The word “arms” not only means shields, swords, and helmets, but also clubs and stones.