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§8.2.22.pr

Servitude Securing Present and Future Light Openings

States that a building owner can impose a servitude on a neighbor to provide security for both current and future light openings.

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[IULIANUS libro secundo ex Minicio.]

[JULIANUS, in the second book on Minicius.]

§8.2.22.pr

​Qui aedificium habet, potest seruitutem uicino imponere, ut non solum de his luminibus, quae in praesentia erunt, sed etiam de his quae postea fuerint,1 caueat.2

​He who has a building can impose a servitude on his neighbor, so that he should provide security not only for those lights which exist at present, but also for those which may exist hereafter.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 8.2.22.prpostea fuerint

    fuerint is the third-person plural future perfect indicative of esse. It stands in contrast with the future indicative in praesentia erunt (which exist at present), referring to a state that will have come into existence at some future point.

  2. 8.2.22.prut ... caueat

    A subjunctive clause introduced by ut, defining the content of the obligation imposed on the neighbor by the servitude (seruitutem imponere). The subject of caueat (third-person singular present subjunctive of cauere) is uicino (neighbor), indicating the act of providing a legal guarantee (cavere).

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.22.pr