Corpus iurisprudentiae Romanae

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Digesta Iustiniani Augusti

Recognovit Mommsen (1870) et retractavit Krüger (1928)
Convertit in Anglica lingua Scott (1932)
Dig. XLIX6,
De libellis dimissoriis, qui apostoli dicuntur
Liber quadragesimus nonus
VI.

De libellis dimissoriis, qui apostoli dicuntur

(Concerning Notices of Appeal Called Dispatches.)

1Mar­cia­nus li­bro se­cun­do de ap­pel­la­tio­ni­bus. Post ap­pel­la­tio­nem in­ter­po­si­tam lit­te­rae dan­dae sunt ab eo, a quo ap­pel­la­tum est, ad eum, qui de ap­pel­la­tio­ne co­gni­tu­rus est, si­ve prin­ci­pem si­ve quem alium, quas lit­te­ras di­mis­so­rias si­ve apos­to­los ap­pel­lant. 1Sen­sus au­tem lit­te­ra­rum ta­lis est: ap­pel­las­se pu­ta Lu­cium Ti­tium a sen­ten­tia il­lius, quae in­ter il­los dic­ta est. 2Suf­fi­cit au­tem pe­tis­se in­tra tem­pus di­mis­so­rias in­stan­ter et sae­pius, ut et si non ac­ci­piat, id ip­sum con­tes­te­tur: nam in­stan­tiam pe­ten­tis di­mis­so­rias con­sti­tu­tio­nes de­si­de­rant. ae­quum est igi­tur, si per eum ste­te­rit, qui de­be­bat da­re lit­te­ras, quo mi­nus det, ne hoc ac­ci­pien­ti no­ceat.

1Marcianus, On Appeals, Book II. After an appeal has been filed, letters should be sent by the official from whom the appeal is taken, to him who is to hear it, whether this be the Emperor, or someone else; which letters are called notices, or dispatches. 1The form of these letters is as follows, for instance: “Lucius Titius has appealed from the decision of So-and-So, rendered between him and So-and-So.” 2It is sufficient to have demanded these notices earnestly and frequently within the prescribed time, and if the judge does not accede to the demand, this can be proved by witnesses; for the Imperial Constitutions require that the party who applies for such a notice should do so with vehemence. Therefore, it is but just that, if he who should grant the notice is to blame for not doing so, this shall not prejudice the person who made the demand.