[IDEM libro secundo de appellationibus. ] §49.4.3.prIllud uideamus, si, cum imperatori scriberetur, exemplum litterarum litigatori editum sit neque is appellauerit et postea contra eum rescriptum sit, an appellare a litteris pridem sibi editis possit? quia qui tunc non appellauit, uera esse quae scripta sunt consensisse uidetur: nec audiendus est, si dicat euentum rescripti sacri se sustinuisse.
[THE SAME, Book 2 On Appeals.] Let us consider this: if, when a report was being written to the emperor, a copy of the letter was delivered to the litigant, and he did not appeal, and later a rescript was issued against him, can he appeal against the letter delivered to him long before? For he who did not appeal at that time seems to have agreed that what was written was true; nor should he be heard if he says that he was waiting for the outcome of the sacred rescript.