Brevis edicti libri
Ex libro III
Dig. 4,6,8Paulus libro tertio brevium. Legatis quoque municipiorum succurritur ex principum Marci et commodi constitutione.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book III. Relief is granted to municipal envoys by a Constitution of the Emperors Marcus and Commodus.
Ex libro VI
Dig. 13,5,22Idem libro sexto brevium. Si post constitutam tibi pecuniam hereditatem ex senatus consulto Trebelliano restitueris, quoniam sortis petitionem transtulisti ad alium, deneganda est tibi pecuniae constitutae actio. idem est in hereditatis possessore post evictam hereditatem. sed magis est, ut fideicommissario vel ei qui vicit decernenda esset actio.
The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. If after a sum of money has been promised to you, you deliver the estate under the Trebellian Decree of the Senate; then, since you transferred to another the right to bring suit for the original debt, you will be refused an action for the money due to you under the promise. The same rule applies where the possessor of an estate loses it to one who has a better title; but the action in this case should preferably be granted to the beneficiary of the trust or to the party who gained the suit.
Dig. 13,7,21Idem libro sexto brevium. Domo pignori data et area eius tenebitur: est enim pars eius. et contra ius soli sequetur aedificium.
The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. Where a house is given in pledge, the site also is liable, for it is a part of the house; and, on the other hand, the right to the soil follows the building.
Dig. 14,1,6Paulus libro sexto brevium. Si servus non voluntate domini navem exercuerit, si sciente eo, quasi tributoria, si ignorante, de peculio actio dabitur. 1Si communis servus voluntate dominorum exerceat navem, in singulos dari debebit in solidum actio.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VI. Where a slave has control of a ship without the consent of his master, if he is aware of this, a tributorian action will be granted; but if he is ignorant of the fact, an action De peculio will be available. 1Where a slave owned in common has control of a ship with the consent of his masters, an action for the entire amount will be granted against them individually.
Dig. 16,1,12Idem libro sexto brevium. Immo tunc locus est senatus consulto, cum scit creditor eam intercedere.
Ad Dig. 16,1,12ROHGE, Bd. 14 (1875), Nr. 12, S. 33: Aufnahme eines Darlehns für einen Andern. Bedeutung der Ausdrücke „Verbürgen, Verbürgung“.The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. The Decree of the Senate will, however, certainly be operative when the creditor is aware that the woman has become a surety.
Ex libro VII
Dig. 25,1,13Idem libro septimo brevium. Neque stipendium neque tributum ob dotalem fundum praestita exigere vir a muliere potest: onus enim fructuum haec impendia sunt.
The Same, Abridgments, Book VII. A husband cannot collect from his wife any tax or tribute paid on account of dotal lands, for these charges should be paid out of the crops.
Dig. 25,2,12Paulus libro septimo brevium. non magis quam si quis ei qui furti agat iusiurandum deferat, an ipse fur sit.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VII. Any more than where someone tenders an oath to a party whom he is suing to recover stolen property, in order to ascertain whether he himself is the thief.
Ex libro VIII
Dig. 26,2,21Idem libro octavo brevium. Testamento tutores hi dari possunt, cum quibus testamenti factio est.
The Same, Abridgments, Book VIII. Those can be appointed testamentary guardians who are competent to take under the will.
Dig. 26,7,14Paulus libro octavo brevium. Etiam contutoris factum imputatur collegae, si potuit et debuit suspectum facere: interdum et si debuit satis petere: nam si idoneus subito lapsus est, nihil collegae imputari potest.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VIII. One guardian is responsible for the acts of another if he could and should have denounced him as suspicious, and sometimes if he could have compelled him to give security; but if one who is solvent should suddenly lose his property, no blame can attach to his colleague.
Dig. 27,3,10Paulus libro octavo brevis edicti. Sed non dantur pupillo, dum tutor tutelam gerit: quamvis enim morte tutoris intereant, tamen pupillus cum herede eius actionem habet, quia sibi solvere debuit.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book VIII. These actions are not granted to the ward as long as the guardian administers the guardianship, although they are extinguished by the death of the latter. The ward, however, will still be entitled to his action against the heir, because he is obliged to pay him.
Dig. 27,3,12Paulus libro octavo brevis edicti. Filius autem tutor propter hoc suum factum cum patre agere non potest ante pubertatem, quia nec finita tutela hoc ab eo exigi potest.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book VIII. However, a son who is a guardian, cannot, on this ground, bring an action against his father before arriving at puberty; for this cannot be required of him, even after the guardianship is terminated.
Ex libro XVI
Dig. 42,5,26Paulus libro sexto decimo brevis edicti. Qui in navem exstruendam vel instruendam credidit vel etiam emendam, privilegium habet.
Paulus, On the Short Edict, Book XVI. Anyone who has lent money for the purpose of building, equipping, or even purchasing a ship, is entitled to this privilege.
Dig. 50,16,55Paulus libro sexto decimo brevis edicti. Creditor autem is est, qui exceptione perpetua summoveri non potest: qui autem temporalem exceptionem timet, similis est condicionale creditori.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book XVI. A creditor is one who cannot be barred by a perpetual exception. He, however, who has reason to apprehend the pleading of a temporary exception, resembles a conditional creditor.
Dig. 50,17,148Paulus libro sexto decimo brevis edicti. Cuius effectus omnibus prodest, eius et partes ad omnes pertinent.
Paulus, On the Short Edict, Book XVI. When the effect of anything benefits all the parties in interest, each of them should also bear his share of the expense.