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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.7.11.pr

Aquilian Action, Prior Interdict, and the Twelve Tables

Passage 7979 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates that in an Aquilian action for cutting down trees, the defendant is acquitted if the judgment from a prior interdict concerning force or stealth is sufficient, while the action under the Twelve Tables still remains available.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §47.7.11.prSed si de arboribus caesis ex lege Aquilia actum sit, interdicto quod ui aut clam reddito absoluetur, si satis prima condemnatione grauauerit reum, manente nihilo minus actione ex lege duodecim tabularum.
[PAULUS on the edict, book 22] But if an action has been brought under the Lex Aquilia concerning felled trees, the defendant will be acquitted once the interdict concerning force or stealth has been issued, if the first condemnation has sufficiently burdened the defendant, while the action under the Law of the Twelve Tables remains available nonetheless.

Notes

  1. §47.7.11.printerdicto quod ui aut clam reddito — Ablative absolute ("the interdict concerning force or stealth having been issued"). It describes the situation where the interdictal procedure has been initiated alongside or prior to the Aquilian action (actum sit).
  2. §47.7.11.prprima condemnatione — Ablative of means/cause with the verb grauauerit ("by the first condemnation"). In this context, it refers to the judgment resulting from the preceding interdictal procedure; if that judgment has already penalized the defendant sufficiently, the defendant will be acquitted (absoluetur) in the subsequent Aquilian action.
  3. §47.7.11.prmanente nihilo minus actione ex lege duodecim tabularum — Ablative absolute with a concessive nuance ("while the action under the Law of the Twelve Tables remains available nonetheless"). It indicates that despite the resolution between the Aquilian action and the interdict, the distinct penal action under the Twelve Tables (actio de arboribus succisis) for cutting down trees remains unaffected.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.7.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.7.11.pr

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