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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §9.3.6.pr-9.3.6.3

Scope of the Edict on Thrown Things and Actio Utilis for Ships

Passage 1580 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the geographical and temporal application of the edict on thrown things, the occupier's liability for their household's fault, and the granting of an actio utilis against the person in charge of a ship.

[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum. ] §9.3.6.prHoc edictum non tantum ad ciuitates et uicos, sed et ad uias, per quas uolgo iter fit, pertinet.
[PAULUS in the nineteenth book on the Edict.] This edict pertains not only to cities and villages, but also to roads through which people commonly travel.
§9.3.6.1Labeo ait locum habere hoc edictum, si interdiu deiectum sit, non nocte: sed quibusdam locis et nocte iter fit.
Labeo says that this edict applies if something was thrown down by day, not by night; but in certain places, travel occurs also by night.
§9.3.6.2Habitator suam suorumque culpam praestare debet.
The occupier must answer for his own fault and that of his household.
§9.3.6.3Si de naue deiectum sit, dabitur actio utilis in eum qui naui praepositus sit.
If something was thrown down from a ship, an actio utilis will be given against the person in charge of the ship.

Notes

  1. §9.3.6.prsed et — The conjunction sed et is used in the sense of sed etiam ("but also"), correlating with the preceding non tantum ("not only").
  2. §9.3.6.1locum habere — The idiom locum habere is a technical legal expression meaning "to apply" or "to be applicable."
  3. §9.3.6.2suorum — The genitive plural form suorum (from the possessive suus) is used substantively to refer to "his own people" (including family, slaves, or employees).
  4. §9.3.6.3actio utilis — An actio utilis (analogous or adapted action) is a legal remedy extended by the praetor to cover cases (like throwing from a ship) that fall outside the strict wording of the original edict (which applied only to buildings) but share the same legal rationale.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §9.3.6.pr-9.3.6.3. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:9.3.6.pr-9.3.6.3

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