- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-12
On why one should consider obtaining possession through an interdict before bringing an action.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, in the seventh book on the Provincial Edict.]
Is qui destinauit rem petere1 animaduertere debet, an aliquo interdicto possit nancisci possessionem, quia longe commodius est ipsum possidere et aduersarium ad onera petitoris2 compellere quam alio possidente3 petere.
He who has resolved to claim a thing must consider whether he can obtain possession by some interdict, because it is far more advantageous to possess the thing oneself and to compel one’s adversary to bear the burdens of a claimant than to claim it while another is in possession.
- 6.1.24.prrem petere
In this legal context, petere means "to claim a thing (by an action in rem)."
- 6.1.24.pronera petitoris
"The burdens of a claimant" refers especially to the burden of proof (onus probandi). In Roman law, the defendant in possession does not need to prove his right, whereas the claimant bears the burden of proving his ownership.
- 6.1.24.pralio possidente
An ablative absolute construction consisting of the pronoun alius and the present participle possidens, expressing the circumstance ("while another is in possession").