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Prohibition of Limiting Alienation and Burial by Pact

A rule stating that no one can by private agreement restrict or eliminate their own fundamental rights concerning the dedication of sacred spaces, burial on their own land, or the alienation of property.

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[POMPONIUS libro nono ad Sabinum.]

[POMPONIUS in the ninth book on Sabinus.]

§2.14.61.pr

​Nemo paciscendo1 efficere potest, ne2 sibi locum suum dedicare liceat aut ne sibi in suo sepelire mortuum liceat aut ne uicino inuito3 praedium alienet.

​No one can, by making an agreement, bring it about that he is not permitted to dedicate his own place, or that he is not permitted to bury a dead body on his own land, or that he may not alienate an estate against his neighbor’s will.

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 2.14.61.prpaciscendo

    Ablative of the gerund from paciscere (to make an agreement/contract), expressing means. It indicates that one cannot exclude certain legal rights beforehand by the act of contracting.

  2. 2.14.61.prefficere ..., ne

    The verb efficere (to bring about, effect) is used with the negative conjunction ne, introducing a clause of result or purpose functioning as a noun clause.

  3. 2.14.61.pruicino inuito

    An ablative absolute of the 'noun + adjective' type, consisting of uicinus (neighbor) and inuitus (unwilling), meaning 'against the neighbor's will' or 'the neighbor being unwilling'.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.14.61.pr