Brevis edicti libri
Ex libro III
Paulus, Abridgments, Book III. Relief is granted to municipal envoys by a Constitution of the Emperors Marcus and Commodus.
Ex libro VI
The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. If after a sum of money has been promised to you, you deliver the estate under the Trebellian Decree of the Senate; then, since you transferred to another the right to bring suit for the original debt, you will be refused an action for the money due to you under the promise. The same rule applies where the possessor of an estate loses it to one who has a better title; but the action in this case should preferably be granted to the beneficiary of the trust or to the party who gained the suit.
The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. Where a house is given in pledge, the site also is liable, for it is a part of the house; and, on the other hand, the right to the soil follows the building.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VI. Where a slave has control of a ship without the consent of his master, if he is aware of this, a tributorian action will be granted; but if he is ignorant of the fact, an action De peculio will be available. 1Where a slave owned in common has control of a ship with the consent of his masters, an action for the entire amount will be granted against them individually.
Ad Dig. 16,1,12ROHGE, Bd. 14 (1875), Nr. 12, S. 33: Aufnahme eines Darlehns für einen Andern. Bedeutung der Ausdrücke „Verbürgen, Verbürgung“.The Same, Abridgments, Book VI. The Decree of the Senate will, however, certainly be operative when the creditor is aware that the woman has become a surety.
Ex libro VII
The Same, Abridgments, Book VII. A husband cannot collect from his wife any tax or tribute paid on account of dotal lands, for these charges should be paid out of the crops.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VII. Any more than where someone tenders an oath to a party whom he is suing to recover stolen property, in order to ascertain whether he himself is the thief.
Ex libro VIII
The Same, Abridgments, Book VIII. Those can be appointed testamentary guardians who are competent to take under the will.
Paulus, Abridgments, Book VIII. One guardian is responsible for the acts of another if he could and should have denounced him as suspicious, and sometimes if he could have compelled him to give security; but if one who is solvent should suddenly lose his property, no blame can attach to his colleague.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book VIII. These actions are not granted to the ward as long as the guardian administers the guardianship, although they are extinguished by the death of the latter. The ward, however, will still be entitled to his action against the heir, because he is obliged to pay him.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book VIII. However, a son who is a guardian, cannot, on this ground, bring an action against his father before arriving at puberty; for this cannot be required of him, even after the guardianship is terminated.
Ex libro XVI
Paulus, On the Short Edict, Book XVI. Anyone who has lent money for the purpose of building, equipping, or even purchasing a ship, is entitled to this privilege.
Paulus, On the Abridgment of the Edict, Book XVI. A creditor is one who cannot be barred by a perpetual exception. He, however, who has reason to apprehend the pleading of a temporary exception, resembles a conditional creditor.
Paulus, On the Short Edict, Book XVI. When the effect of anything benefits all the parties in interest, each of them should also bear his share of the expense.