Lex Pesolania de cane ( Baviera )

LEX PESOLANIA DE CANE

Law concerning damages caused by dogs

( 3rd-2nd century BC )

Pauli Sententiae, I, 15 ( FIRA II, Firenze, 1940 ).

1. Si quadrupes pauperiem fecerit damnumve dederit quidve depasta sit, in dominum actio datur, ut aut damni aestimationem subeat aut quadrupedem dedat : quod etiam lege pesolania de cane cavetur.

I n t e r p r e t a t i o : Si alienum animal cuicumque damnum intulerit aut alicuius fructus laeserit, dominus eius aut aestimationem damni reddat aut ipsum animal tradat. Quod etiam de cane similiter est statutum.

Lex Romana Burgundionum, XIII, 1 ( Von Salis, Hannover, 1892 ).

Si animal cuiuscumque damnum intulerit, aut estimationem damni dominus solvat, aut animal cedat ; quod etiam de cane et bipede placuit, observari, secundum speciem Pauli Sententiarum libro primo sub titulo : si quadrupes pauperiem fecerit.

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