Corpus iurisprudentiae Romanae

Repertorium zu den Quellen des römischen Rechts

Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. II3,
Si quis ius dicenti non obtemperaverit
Liber secundus
III.

Si quis ius dicenti non obtemperaverit

(Where Anyone Refuses Obedience to a Magistrate Rendering Judgment.)

1Ul­pia­nus li­bro pri­mo ad edic­tum. Om­ni­bus ma­gis­tra­ti­bus, non ta­men duum­vi­ris, se­cun­dum ius po­tes­ta­tis suae con­ces­sum est iu­ris­dic­tio­nem suam de­fen­de­re poe­na­li iu­di­cio. 1Is vi­de­tur ius di­cen­ti non ob­tem­pe­ras­se, qui quod ex­tre­mum in iu­ris­dic­tio­ne est non fe­cit: vel­uti si quis rem mo­bi­lem vin­di­ca­ri a se pas­sus non est, sed du­ci eam vel fer­ri pas­sus est: ce­te­rum si et se­quen­tia re­cu­sa­vit, tunc non ob­tem­pe­ras­se vi­de­tur. 2Si pro­cu­ra­tor tuus vel tu­tor vel cu­ra­tor ius di­cen­ti non ob­tem­pe­ra­vit, ip­se pu­ni­tur, non do­mi­nus vel pu­pil­lus. 3Non so­lum au­tem reum, qui non ob­tem­pe­ra­vit, hoc edic­to te­ne­ri La­beo ait, ve­rum et­iam pe­ti­to­rem. 4Hoc iu­di­cium non ad id quod in­ter­est, sed quan­ti ea res est con­clu­di­tur: et cum me­ram poe­nam con­ti­neat, ne­que post an­num ne­que in he­redem da­tur.

1Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book I. It is permitted to all magistrates, with the exception only of Duumviri, to protect their administration by means of penalties in accordance with their official rights. 1He is presumed to refuse obedience to a magistrate having jurisdiction, who declines to execute what has finally been determined; as for example, where he will not allow someone to remove personal property from his possession, but permits it to be taken or carried away; and if he opposes the subsequent proceedings, it is then considered that he does not obey. 2If an agent, guardian, or curator refuses to obey a magistrate, he himself is punished, and not the principal or the ward. 3Labeo says that not only the defendant, but also the plaintiff, if he does not obey, is liable under this Edict. 4This suit is not for a sum which corresponds to the interest of the party who brings it, but is limited to the amount of damages sustained; and as it includes a mere penalty it is extinguished after the lapse of a year, and does not lie against the heir.