- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-13
Neratius states that the owner cannot change the character of the thing subject to use, and Paulus adds that even a change for the better is impermissible because it worsens the legal position of the user.
[PAULUS libro primo ad Neratium.]
[PAULUS, in the first book on Neratius.]
NERATIUS: usuariae rei1 speciem is cuius proprietas est nullo modo commutare potest. PAULUS: deteriorem enim causam usuarii facere non potest: facit autem deteriorem etiam in meliorem statum commutata.2
NERATIUS: The person to whom the ownership belongs can in no way change the character of the thing subject to use. PAULUS: For he cannot make the position of the user worse; moreover, even if changed into a better state, it (the change) makes it worse.
- 7.8.23.prusuariae rei
A genitive phrase consisting of the adjective usuarius and the noun res, referring to "the thing subject to the right of use (usus)." It modifies speciem (character, form).
- 7.8.23.prcommutata
A perfect participle in the nominative feminine singular, referring to the implied subject res (thing) or species (character). It has a concessive force ("even if changed..."). It functions as the subject of facit, which takes the implied object causam (position) and makes it deteriorem (worse).