And by the said constitutions it is also declared that this pro-
vision relates not only to moveables (of which alone robbery
can be committcd), but also to forcible entries on land and
houses, so as to deter men from all violent seizing upon
property whatsoever under the cloke of such excuses. In order 2
to support this action it is not necessary that the ^goods of
which robbery has been comraitted should belong to the
plaintiff by either a legal or an equitable title, provided they
were taken from among his property. Thus, if a thing be let,
or lent, or pledged to Titius, or evcn deposited with him under



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such circiimstances that he has an interest in its not being
carried off— for instance, by his having undcrtakcn the entire
responsibility for its safe custody; — or if hepossessesit in good
faith, or has a usufruct or any other right in it whereby he
suffers loss or incurs liability through its being forcibly taken
from him, the action wiU be maintainabJe by him ; not
necessarily in order to restore to him the ownership, but
only to compensate him for what it is alleged he has lost by
its being takcn from his goods or withdrawn from his means.
In fact it maybe said generally that where, supposing property
to be taken secretly, the action of theft wili lie, the action on
robbery will lie at suit of the same person, if it be taken with
violence.
TiTLE iir.
OF THE LEX AQUILIA.
