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§6.1.73.pr-6.1.73.1

Plaintiff's Duty to Specify Shares and Superficies

In specific in rem actions and the Publician action, the possessor is not required to declare their share, as this burden lies with the plaintiff; followed by the beginning of a provision regarding the superficiary.

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[IDEM libro septimo decimo ad edictum.]

[THE SAME in the seventeenth book on the Edict.]

§6.1.73.pr

​In speciali actione non cogitur possessor dicere, pro qua parte eius sit:1 hoc enim petitoris munus est, non possessoris: quod et in Publiciana2 obseruatur.

​In a special action, the possessor is not compelled to state what share of the property belongs to him; for this is the duty of the plaintiff, not of the possessor; which is also observed in the Publician action.

§6.1.73.1

​Superficiario,3

​To a superficiary,

Syntax notes3 items
  1. 6.1.73.prpro qua parte eius sit

    The genitive 'eius' is neuter singular, referring to the disputed property (res). The subject of 'sit' is the third-person singular possessor, meaning 'for what share of it belongs to him (the possessor)'.

  2. 6.1.73.prquod et in Publiciana

    The adjective 'Publiciana' is in the feminine ablative singular, with the noun 'actione' being understood, referring to the 'Publician action'.

  3. 6.1.73.1Superficiario

    A masculine dative or ablative singular. Here it functions as a dative, 'To/for a superficiary' (one who holds a right to a building on another's land), modifying the main predicate of section 1, which continues in the next fragment.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.73.pr-6.1.73.1