Justinian's Codex Book 8
title 4 lex 1 (Title: Unde
vi, Recte possidenti)
The
Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, and the Caesars, to Theodorus.
A person lawfully in possession has the right to use a controlled amount of blameless (justified) force (resistance) [moderamen inculpatae tutelae] to repel any violence exerted for the purpose of depriving him of possession, if he holds the property without defect.
Published
on the fifteenth of the Kalends of
December, during the Consulate of Diocletian, Consul for the fourth time,
and Maximian, Consul for the third time, 290.
Recte possidenti ad
defendendam possessionem quam sine vitio tenebat, inculpatae tutelae
moderatione illatam vim propulsare licet.
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek
jur. 71, fol. 152vb
Italian (saec. XII.1) Justinian's
Codex 8.4.1 Glosses of Irnerius et alii
Glossa interlinea: "Hec enim vicia intelliguntur: id est non vi, non clam; idest moderata pãique (?) tuitione."