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Acquisition of Servitudes through Municipal Slaves

Javolenus expresses his view that a servitude can be rightfully acquired for the land of a municipality through a slave of that municipality.

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[IAUOLENUS libro quarto epistularum.]

[JAVOLENUS in the fourth book of Epistles.]

§8.1.12.pr

​Non dubito, quin fundo municipum1 per seruum recte seruitus adquiratur.2

​I do not doubt that a servitude is rightfully acquired for the land of a municipality through a slave.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 8.1.12.prfundo municipum

    fundo is a dative of advantage/reference indicating the dominant tenement for which the servitude is acquired. municipum is the genitive plural of municipes (citizens of a municipality), here functionally referring to the municipality as a corporate entity.

  2. 8.1.12.prNon dubito, quin ... adquiratur

    The negative verb of doubting non dubito is followed by the conjunction quin and the subjunctive present passive adquiratur to form a noun clause, meaning 'I do not doubt that...'.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.1.12.pr