The praetor gave an action, "utilis" or "in factum" where it was by but not to the body, as by throwing grain into a river: it might not be harmed, but in effect it was destroyed.
The praetor gave an action, "utilis" or "in factum", in cases not within this conception, where it was by but not to the body, as by throwing frumentum into a river. It might not be harmed, but in effect it was destroyed.