- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.13.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
Ulpian discusses how a judge must assess deterioration when a thing is restored, supporting Labeo's view that the plaintiff should guarantee not to bring a separate action under the Lex Aquilia to avoid double recovery.
[ULPIANUS libro sexto decimo ad edictum.]
[ULPIANUS, in the sixteenth book on the Edict.]
Non solum autem rem restitui,1 uerum et si deterior res sit facta, rationem iudex habere debebit: finge enim debilitatum hominem uel uerberatum uel uulneratum restitui: utique ratio per iudicem habebitur, quanto deterior sit factus. quamquam et legis Aquiliae actione conueniri possessor possit: unde quaeritur an non alias iudex aestimare damnum debeat, quam si2 remittatur actio legis Aquiliae. et Labeo putat cauere petitorem oportere lege Aquilia non acturum,3 quae sententia uera est.
Moreover, not only must the thing be restored, but if the thing has been made worse, the judge will also have to take this into account: for imagine that a slave who has been weakened, beaten, or wounded is restored; in any case, account will be taken by the judge as to how much worse he has been made. Although the possessor can also be sued by the action under the Lex Aquilia; hence the question arises whether the judge ought not to assess the damage otherwise than if the action under the Lex Aquilia is waived. And Labeo thinks that the plaintiff ought to give security that he will not sue under the Lex Aquilia, which opinion is correct.
- 6.1.13.prrem restitui
An accusative and infinitive clause. Grammatically, an expression of necessity such as 'oportere' or 'debere' is understood to be omitted, meaning 'not only must the thing be restored'.
- 6.1.13.pran non alias ... quam si
A double negative construction ('not otherwise... than if') functioning as a strong restrictive condition, effectively meaning 'only if the action is waived, should the judge assess the damage'.
- 6.1.13.prlege Aquilia non acturum
A future active infinitive with 'esse' omitted ('acturum esse'), having 'petitorem' as its subject accusative, serving as the object of 'cauere'. It means 'that the plaintiff will not sue under the Lex Aquilia'.