- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.1.19.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-14
Labeo argues that a servitude can be legally established on a tract of land being sold, even if it offers no immediate practical utility or advantage to the party concerned.
[LABEO libro quarto posteriorum a Iauoleno epitomatorum.]
[LABEO in the fourth book of his Posterior Works epitomized by Javolenus.]
Ei fundo, quem quis uendat, seruitutem imponi, et si non utilis sit, posse existimo:1 ueluti si aquam alicui dedere ducere non expediret, nihilo minus constitui ea seruitus possit: quaedam enim debere habere2 possumus, quamuis ea nobis utilia non sunt.
I think that a servitude can be imposed on a tract of land which someone sells, even if it is not useful; for example, even if it should not be expedient to grant or conduct water to anyone, nevertheless that servitude can be established; for we can hold certain things as due, even though they are not useful to us.
- 8.1.19.prEi fundo, quem quis uendat, seruitutem imponi, et si non utilis sit, posse existimo
An accusative-with-infinitive construction (seruitutem ... imponi ... posse) serving as the object of the main verb existimo. The relative clause quem quis uendat modifies Ei fundo (dative governing imponi).
- 8.1.19.prdebere habere
debere is interpreted either as a scribal error for the passive infinitive deberi ('to be owed/burdened') or as an active expression meaning 'to hold under an obligation (imposed on another).' In either case, it justifies the holding of a legal right (such as a servitude) as an obligation even in the absence of practical utility.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1