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Usufructuary's Right to Take Wood from Coppices and Trees

It defines the usufructuary's rights to take stakes and branches from coppices and other trees, under the condition of not deteriorating the land.

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[POMPONIUS libro quinto ad Sabinum.]

[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book 5]

§7.1.10.pr

​Ex silua caedua pedamenta et ramos ex arbore usufructuarium sumpturum:1 ex non caedua in uineam sumpturum, dum ne2 fundum deteriorem faciat.

​The usufructuary will take stakes from a coppice-wood and branches from a tree; from a non-coppice wood he will take them for the vineyard, provided that he does not make the property worse.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 7.1.10.prusufructuarium sumpturum

    An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction consisting of the future active infinitive sumpturum [esse] and its subject accusative usufructuarium. It functions as indirect speech where a governing verb of saying or writing (such as ait or scribit) is omitted.

  2. 7.1.10.prdum ne

    Taking the subjunctive faciat, this phrase introduces a restrictive condition equivalent to dummodo ne ("provided that ... not", "as long as ... not").

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.10.pr