Corpus iurisprudentiae Romanae

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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. XLIX5,
De appellationibus recipiendis vel non
Liber quadragesimus nonus
V.

De appellationibus recipiendis vel non

(Concerning the Acceptance or Rejection of Appeals.)

1Ul­pia­nus li­bro vi­cen­si­mo no­no ad edic­tum. Non so­lent au­di­ri ap­pel­lan­tes ni­si hi, quo­rum in­ter­est vel qui­bus man­da­tum est vel qui neg­otium alie­num ge­runt, quod mox ra­tum ha­be­tur. 1Sed et cum ma­ter fi­lii rem sen­ten­tia ever­sam anim­ad­ver­te­ret, pro­vo­ca­ve­rit, pie­ta­ti dan­dum est et hanc au­di­ri de­be­re: et si li­tem prae­pa­ran­dam cu­ra­re ma­lue­rit, in­ter­ce­de­re non vi­de­tur, li­cet ab in­itio de­fen­de­re non pot­est.

1Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book XXIX. Appellants are not usually heard unless they have an interest in the suit, or have been commissioned to act, or are conducting the business of others, and their acts are ratified immediately. 1When, however, a mother sees the case of her son overthrown by a decision, and, induced by maternal affection, appeals, it must be said that she should be heard; and if she prefers to prepare the case, she should not be considered to have interfered, although in the beginning she could not have undertaken the defence.

2Scae­vo­la li­bro quar­to re­gu­la­rum. An­te sen­ten­tiam ap­pel­la­ri pot­est, si quaes­tio­nem in ci­vi­li neg­otio ha­ben­dam iu­dex in­ter­lo­cu­tus sit, vel in cri­mi­na­li, si con­tra le­ges hoc fa­ciat.

2Scævola, Rules, Book IV. An appeal can be taken before final judgment, if a judge has rendered an interlocutory decree for the purpose of applying torture in a civil case, or in a criminal case, if he does this contrary to law.

3Pau­lus li­bro sin­gu­la­ri re­gu­la­rum. In­tra tri­duum ap­pel­la­re li­cet ei, qui de su­spec­to tu­to­re egit vic­tus­que ap­pel­lat.

3Paulus, Rules. He who institutes proceedings against a suspected guardian can appeal within three days if he should be defeated.

4Ma­cer li­bro pri­mo de ap­pel­la­tio­ni­bus. Eius, qui id­eo cau­sam age­re frus­tra­tur, quod di­cit se li­bel­lum prin­ci­pi de­dis­se et sa­crum re­scrip­tum ex­pec­ta­re, au­di­ri de­si­de­rium pro­hi­be­tur: et si ob eam cau­sam pro­vo­ca­ve­rit, ap­pel­la­tio eius re­ci­pi sa­cris con­sti­tu­tio­ni­bus ve­ta­tur.

4Macer, Appeals, Book I. He should not be heard who attempts to cause delay in a suit in which he alleges in reply that he has presented a petition to the Emperor, and is waiting for the issue of the Rescript, and, if he takes an appeal on this ground, the Imperial Constitutions forbid it to be received.

5Ul­pia­nus li­bro quar­to de ap­pel­la­tio­ni­bus. Ei, cu­ius ap­pel­la­tio non re­ci­pi­tur, suf­fi­cit, si pos­sit di­ce­re ap­pel­la­tio­nem suam non es­se re­cep­tam: quod qua­qua ra­tio­ne do­ceat, ad­mit­te­tur eius ap­pel­la­tio. 1Non re­cep­ta au­tem ap­pel­la­tio­ne, si qui­dem prin­ci­pem ap­pel­la­ri opor­tuit, prin­ci­pi erit sup­pli­can­dum: sin ve­ro alius ap­pel­la­ba­tur quam prin­ceps, il­le erit ad­eun­dus. 2Sed et si quid aliud post re­cep­tam ap­pel­la­tio­nem im­pe­d­imen­to fac­tum fue­rit, eum ad­ire opor­tet, quem ap­pel­la­re quis de­bet. 3Pla­ne si ap­pel­la­tio­ne non re­cep­ta non ip­sum ad­ie­rit, quem de­buit, sed prin­ci­pem, pro eo ha­be­bi­tur, at­que si is ad­itus est, qui ad­iri de­buit: id­que re­scrip­tis im­pe­ra­to­ris nos­tri An­to­ni­ni de­cla­ra­tur. 4Pla­ne si alium pro alio ad­iit non prin­ci­pem, ni­hil ei hic er­ror prod­erit, li­cet non vi­dea­tur ces­sas­se. 5In­tra con­sti­tu­ta au­tem ap­pel­la­to­ria tem­po­ra de­bet is, cu­ius ap­pel­la­tio non est re­cep­ta, vel com­pe­ten­tem iu­di­cem vel prin­ci­pem ad­ire.

5Ulpianus, On Appeals, Book IV. It is sufficient for him whose appeal is not received merely to state this fact, and in whatever way he does so, his appeal will be admitted. 1When an appeal is not received, and it becomes necessary to appeal to the Emperor, a petition should be presented to him. If, howr ever, an appeal should be taken to anyone but the Emperor, the former must be applied to. 2Where, after the appeal has been received, any impediment is interposed, he must be applied to before whom the litigant wishes to bring the appeal. 3It is clear that if the appeal should not be received, and the appellant did not apply to the proper official, but to the Emperor, it will be the same as if he had gone before the magistrate whom he should have applied to; and this is stated in different Rescripts of our Emperor Antoninus. 4It is also evident that if a party litigant has appealed to one magistrate instead of another, and not to the Emperor, this mistake will be of no advantage to him, although he will not be considered to have failed to appeal. 5During the time prescribed for taking an appeal, the party whose appeal was not accepted can either apply to a competent judge, or to the Emperor.

6Ma­cer li­bro se­cun­do de ap­pel­la­tio­ni­bus. Scien­dum est, cum ap­pel­la­tio non re­ci­pi­tur, prae­ci­pi sa­cris con­sti­tu­tio­ni­bus om­nia in eo­dem sta­tu es­se nec quic­quam no­va­ri, et­iam­si con­tra fis­cum ap­pel­la­tum sit: eum­que, qui ap­pel­la­tio­nem non re­ce­pe­rit, opi­nio­nem suam con­fes­tim per re­la­tio­nem ma­ni­fes­ta­re et cau­sam, pro qua non re­ce­pit ap­pel­la­tio­nem, eius­que ex­em­plum li­ti­ga­to­ri ede­re de­be­re man­da­tis ca­ve­tur.

6Macer, On Appeals, Book II. It must be remembered that, when an appeal is rejected, it has been decided by the Imperial Constitutions that everything must remain in the same condition, and nothing new be done, even if the appeal is taken against the Treasury; and he who refuses to receive the appeal must immediately make a report giving his opinion, and the reason for its rejection; and it is provided by the Imperial Mandates that he shall furnish the litigant with a copy of his report.

7Pau­lus li­bro sin­gu­la­ri de ap­pel­la­tio­ni­bus. Si res di­la­tio­nem non re­ci­piat, non per­mit­ti­tur ap­pel­la­re, vel­ut ne tes­ta­men­tum ape­ria­tur (ut di­vus Ha­d­ria­nus con­sti­tuit), ne fru­men­tum in usum mi­li­tum, in an­no­nae sub­si­dia con­tra­ha­tur, ne­ve scrip­tus he­res in pos­ses­sio­nem in­du­ca­tur. 1Item si ex per­pe­tuo edic­to ali­quid de­cer­na­tur, id quo mi­nus fiat, non per­mit­ti­tur ap­pel­la­re. 2Item quo mi­nus pig­nus ven­de­re li­ceat, ap­pel­la­ri non pot­est.

7Paulus, On Appeals. If the matter does not admit of delay, it is not permitted to appeal to prevent the opening of a will, as the Divine Hadrian decided that grain collected for the use of soldiers should not be used for the sustenance of the public, and that an appointed heir should not be placed in possession. 1Again, if anything has been decided in accordance with the Perpetual Edict, an appeal cannot be taken to prevent its being carried into effect. 2In like manner, an appeal cannot be taken to prevent the sale of a pledge.