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§8.2.3.pr

Urban Servitude to Prevent Obstructing a View

Ulpian mentions the existence of an urban servitude that prevents a neighbor's view from being obstructed.

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[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo nono ad Sabinum.]

[ULPIANUS in the twenty-ninth book on Sabinus.]

§8.2.3.pr

​Est et haec seruitus, ne prospectui officiatur.1

​There is also this servitude, that the view be not obstructed.

Syntax notes1 item
  1. 8.2.3.prne prospectui officiatur

    The subjunctive clause with ne defines the content of the preceding 'haec seruitus'. The verb 'officiatur' is the impersonal passive of the intransitive verb 'officere' (to obstruct, which governs the dative), and 'prospectui' is its dative object. Literally, 'lest obstruction be made to the view'.

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.3.pr