- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-15
Explains that a noxal action is granted not only against a bona fide possessor but also against bad faith possessors, as it would be absurd to hold the former liable while letting plunderers go free.
[GAIUS libro tertio decimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, Book 13 on the Provincial Edict]
Non solum aduersus bona fide possessorem, sed etiam aduersus eos qui mala fide possident noxalis actio datur: nam et absurdum uidetur1 eos quidem qui bona fide possiderent excipere actionem,2 praedones3 uero securos esse.
A noxal action is granted not only against a bona fide possessor, but also against those who possess in bad faith; for it indeed seems absurd that those who possess in good faith should sustain the action, whereas plunderers go free.
- 9.4.13.prabsurdum uidetur ...
Two contrasting accusative-with-infinitive (ACI) clauses ('eos quidem... excipere actionem' and 'praedones uero securos esse') serve as the subject of 'absurdum uidetur'. The word 'et' functions emphatically here as 'indeed' or 'really'.
- 9.4.13.prexcipere actionem
The verb 'excipere' in a legal context means to sustain, undergo, or defend against an action. Here it refers to the bona fide possessor accepting the status of a defendant in a noxal action.
- 9.4.13.prpraedones
A noun meaning 'plunderers' or 'robbers', used here as a strong and figurative legal metonymy to refer back to those who possess in bad faith (mala fide possident).