[PAULUS libro tertio decimo ad edictum. ] §4.8.16.pret si qua alia incommoditas ei post arbiterium susceptum incidat.
[PAULUS in his thirteenth book on the Edict.] and if any other inconvenience should happen to him after he has undertaken the arbitration.
sed in causa ualetudinis similibusue causa cognita differre cogitur.
But in case of ill health or similar causes, he is compelled, after cause shown, to postpone it.
§4.8.16.1Arbiter iudicii sui nomine, quod publicum aut priuatum habet, excusatus esse debet a compromisso, utique si dies compromissi proferri non potest: quod si potest, quare non cogat eum, cum potest, proferre? quod sine ulla distinctione ipsius interdum futurum est.
An arbitrator, on account of his own trial, whether public or private, which he has, ought to be excused from the submission to arbitration, especially if the day of the submission cannot be extended. But if it can, why should the praetor not compel him to extend it, when he is able? This will sometimes happen without any qualification of the matter itself.
si tamen uterque uelit eum sententiam dicere, an, quamuis cautum non sit de die proferenda, non alias impetret, quia iudicium habet, ne cogatur, quam si consentiat denuo in se compromitti? haec scilicet si dies exitura est.
If, however, both parties wish him to give his award, even though no provision has been made for extending the day, can he not otherwise obtain, because he has a trial, the excuse from being compelled, unless he consents to a new submission to arbitration being made to him? This of course applies if the day is about to expire.