Theses iuridicae et inaugurales de appellationibus

XXVI.
There is a question among the Doctors concerning this time: Can it be shortened or extended by the Judge who presides at the tribunal? Some deny it; others affirm that it can be done indiscriminately; others say it can only be done for most grave causes, and only when they are known. This latter opinion seems more probable and more consistent with the laws.

XXVII.
After an appeal is duly interposed, petitions must be sought, which they call apostolic letters formal letters of appeal sent to a higher court; although there are various types of these, three are counted primarily: dimissory, by which the Judge testifies that he has admitted the appeal; refutatory, explaining why he did not admit it; and reverential, which testifies that the appeal ought not to have been admitted, yet he admitted it out of reverence for the superior.

XXIIX.
Here also we find a time determined by law, namely 30 days: which we affirm, according to the more common opinion, also run from the time the sentence was rendered or from the day it became known to the appellant, just as the previous 10 days do.

XXIX.
However, because by Canon Law the Judge can, ex officio by virtue of his office, set a certain term for the appellant to seek apostolic letters, the appellant must observe the time so set.