Damnum iniuria datum

Damnum iniuria datum was a delict of Roman law relating to the wrongful damage to property. It was created by the Lex Aquilia in the third century BC, and consisted of two parts: chapter one, which dealt with the killing of another's slave or certain types of animal; and chapter three which related to other types of property. It was widely extended both by reference to the words of the statute themselves and by the Praetor. Like similar concepts in the modern law, it had to deal with changes in the way negligence was dealt with, issues of omission, and those of causation. rdf:langString