INTERDICT

In Roman law. A decree of the prietor by means of which, in cer- K tain cases determined by the edict, he himself directly commanded what should be done or omitted, p11rticularly in causes involvini the,right of po e ion or a quasi po e ion. In the modern civil law, interdicts are regarded precisely the same as actions, though L they give rise to a summary proceeding. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 258. Interdicts are eith!ft prohibitory, restorative, or exhibitory; the first being a prohibition, the secop.d a decree for restoring pos- M se ion lost by force, the third a. decree for [s. 651]