Digestorum libri
Ex libro XXXIX
Dig. 49,15,2Idem libro trigensimo nono digestorum. Navibus longis atque onerariis propter belli usum postliminium est, non piscatoriis aut si quas actuarias voluptatis causa paraverunt. 1Equus item aut equa freni patiens recipitur postliminio: nam sine culpa equitis proripere se potuerunt. 2Non idem in armis iuris est, quippe nec sine flagitio amittuntur: arma enim postliminio reverti negatur, quod turpiter amittantur:
The Same, Digest, Book XXXIX. The right of postliminium attaches to large ships and those used for the transport of merchandise on account of the custom of war; but it does not apply to those of fishermen, or to fast sailing vessels built for pleasure. 1Likewise, a horse or a mare broken to the bridle is acquired by the right of postliminium, for they have been able to escape without the fault of the rider. 2The same rule of law does not apply to arms, for they are not lost without disgrace. Hence arms cannot be recovered by the right of postliminium, since it is dishonorable to lose them.