# The Institutes of Justinian 1.684-686

Roman Law and Society, The Institutes of Justinian, Lines 1.684-1.686. Latin.

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4. There is what is termed conceptum furtum, when a thing stolen has been sought and found in the presence of witnesses in any one's house; for although this person may not be the actual thief, he is liable to a special actio termed concepti. There is what is termed furtum oblatum, if a thing stolen has been placed in your hands and then seized in your house; that is, if the person who placed it in yours hands did so, that it might be found rather in your house than in his. For you, in whose house it had been seized, would have against him who placed it in your hands, although he were not the actual thief, a special actio termed oblati. There is also the actio prohibiti furti against a person who prevents another who wishes to seek in the presence of witnesses for a thing stolen; there is, too, by means of the actio furti non exhibiti, a penalty provided by the edict of the praetor against a person who has not produced a thing stolen which has been searched for and found in his possession. But these actiones, concepti, oblati, furti, prohibitii and furti non exhibiti, have fallen into disuse; for search for things stolen is not now made according to the ancient practice, and therefore these actiones have naturally ceased to be in use, as all who knowingly have received and concealed a thing stolen are liable to the actio furti nec manifesti.
5. The penalty for manifest theft is quadruple the value of the thing stolen, whether the thief be a slave or a freeman; that for theft not manifest is double.

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