- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.5.12.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-14
In an action demanding the removal of beams inserted by another into one's wall, the author answers that the judge has the authority to require security against future such actions.
[IAUOLENUS libro secundo epistularum.]
[JAVOLENUS, book 2 of Epistles.]
Egi1 ius illi non esse tigna in parietem meum immissa habere: an et de futuris non immittendis2 cauendum est? respondi: iudicis officio contineri3 puto, ut de futuro quoque opere caueri debeat.
I brought an action to the effect that he has no right to keep beams inserted into my wall: must security be given also against future insertions? I answered: I think it is included in the duty of the judge that security ought to be given also regarding future work.
- 8.5.12.prEgi
The perfect first-person singular of the verb "agere" (to bring an action). It indicates bringing a lawsuit with the claim formulated in the accusative with infinitive (Aci) clause "ius illi non esse... habere".
- 8.5.12.prde futuris non immittendis
A gerundive construction after the preposition "de". "futuris" is the neuter plural ablative of the adjective (with the noun "tignis" being omitted), modified by the gerundive "non immittendis". It literally means "concerning future beams not to be inserted."
- 8.5.12.priudicis officio contineri
The noun "officio" is an ablative of place or instrument, meaning "contained within the duty." The subject of the passive infinitive "contineri" is the subsequent "ut" clause ("ut de futuro quoque opere caueri debeat").