... Pro consequendis in u.i. doctoralibus insigniis & privilegiis ... subsequentes LXXXVI. theses de interdictis cum octo parergis

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Since the Jurisconsult Gaius in Book 7 of the Provincial Edict advises that, because of the difficulty in proving ownership, interdicts should be proposed rather than real actions, I have chosen to propose this Disputation concerning INTERDICTS. And Alciatus Andrea Alciati, a 16th-century Italian jurist says it is called an interdict interdictum literally: spoken between because it is spoken between two parties, or in the interim, until the matter can be more fully investigated.

THESIS I.

Theophilus defines an interdict as a proclamation of the praetor issued between two parties who are contending over possession, not fully defining the specifics of the fact or the cause, but informing the Judge as to how he should judge it.

II.

Various divisions of interdicts are provided by the Learned Doctors: I prefer to divide them according to their subject matter, because some pertain to Divine matters, and others pertain only to Human matters.

III.

Interdicts that pertain to Divine matters are those proposed regarding sacred and religious places, such as: CONCERNING THE BURIAL OF A DEAD BODY, CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF A SEPULCHER.

IV.

Interdicts that pertain to Human matters are given either regarding those things which are in the goods of no one, such as: CONCERNING THE PRODUCING OF CHILDREN, AND CONCERNING THE PRODUCING OF A FREE PERSON.

V.

Or regarding those things which are in our goods and patrimony: and these are distinguished in various ways. Since, however, we intend to treat of Possessory judgments rather than the individual parts and causes of interdicts, we will first propose certain matters concerning Possession as the object of interdicts, and afterwards, we will arrive at the Interdicts themselves.