De interdictis enunciationes

PROPOSITION I.

Large ornamental initial A at the beginning of the first enunciation.

It must be observed whether the Praetor supplies the defect when no action has been granted, nor any other formula prescribed.

II.

It seems absurd that to interdict is the same as to prohibit; nor are they called interdicts because they are spoken, as it were, between two parties or in the interim.

III.

Interdicts are decrees of the Praetor, formulated in specific and solemn words, by which he imperiously commanded something to be done, or strictly forbade its being done.

IIII.

Four species of these are commonly established.

V.

We, on the contrary, contend that only three can be established: 1. Prohibitory, 2. Decretory, 3. Mixed.

VI.

Sometimes the Praetor orders the possession of a thing to be restored, and sometimes the act itself.

VII.

Furthermore, some are simple, and some are double.

VIII.

They are simple when the petition of at least one party is brought forward: to this category all restitutory and exhibitory interdicts belong.

IX.

They are double when the condition of each litigant is equal, and each sustains the role of both plaintiff and defendant; to this category UTI POSSIDETIS and UTRUBI are referred.