The use of jurisdictional guarantees is of vital importance for the defense of rights that are about to be violated or, at the same time, that represent an imminent danger in the degree of affectation. As is the case in the study of precautionary measures, doctrinally called in different ways such as, for example: precautionary measures, preventive measures or preventive measures, this varying according to their historical meaning. The study and attention that precautionary measures should receive is due to the erroneous interpretation of their main objectives, so that the knowledge of their origins before the simile of their predecessor, the praetorian stipulations, seen from the time of Roman Law, will be of extreme importance to make the investigative leap to the development of this academic work.