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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §6.1.11.pr

Restoration at the Trial Place and Security at Plaintiff Expense

Passage 1082 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage states an exception where the plaintiff prefers the restoration to be made at the place of trial at his own expense and risk, noting that in this case security must be provided for the restoration.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto decimo ad edictum. ] §6.1.11.prNisi si malit petitor suis impensis et periculo ibi, ubi iudicatur, rem restitui, tunc enim de restitutione cum satisdatione cauebitur.
[ULPIANUS, in the sixteenth book on the Edict.] Except if the plaintiff prefers the thing to be restored at his own expense and risk in the place where judgment is given; for in that case, security will be given for the restoration.

Notes

  1. §6.1.11.prNisi si — This introduces an exception to the rule established in the preceding passage by Paul (D. 6, 1, 10 pr) concerning the restoration at the plaintiff's expense. It refers to the case where the plaintiff chooses to bear the risk and expenses himself.
  2. §6.1.11.prcauebitur — The third-person singular future passive of the verb cavere, used impersonally. It is a technical legal term in Roman law meaning 'to give security' or 'to enter into a legal undertaking'. Here it refers to the defendant (possessor) providing security (satisdatio) to guarantee the restoration, preventing loss during transit to the place of trial.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §6.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.11.pr

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