De interdictis enunciationes

X.

Interdicts protect divine matters; they safeguard public interests; they restrain violence within a peaceful state.

XI.

Lest anything be done in a sacred place: this is granted to any member of the public.

XII.

Shores over which the Roman people holds sovereignty are subject to public law.

XIII.

It is well known that the interdicts for the production of a free person, the production of children, and likewise for their leading away, are included under the designation of public matters.

XIIII.

It must not be permitted either to brawl on the public ways, or to cast out dung, or to throw down animal carcasses or hides.

XV.

He employs force who does not allow a possessor to use what he was possessing according to his own will.

XVI.

One who comes with arms, we may repel with arms.

XVII.

Violence is either public or private; both are committed either with arms or without arms.

XVIII.

Hence the ancients included both armed and daily violence under the category of private violence.

XIX.

The interdict unde vi: it does not pertain to movable goods.

XX.

Neither unde vi, nor any other interdict entails infamy.

XXI.

If we consider modern practice, we find that extraordinary actions are employed in place of these.

XXII.

Wherefore an Interdict, a Praetorian formula in personam, apart from the ancient