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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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It is argued that a servitude of not building higher can be imposed on a non-adjacent building if another building intervenes, as long as the intervening owner does not build higher, since the servitude remains useful.
[PAULUS libro uicensimo primo ad edictum.]
[PAULUS, book 21 on the Edict]
et ideo si inter meas et Titii aedes tuae aedes intercedant, possum Titii aedibus seruitutem imponere, ne liceat ei altius tollere, licet tuis non imponatur:1 quia donec tu non extollis,2 est utilitas seruitutis.
And therefore, if your building intervenes between my building and that of Titius, I can impose a servitude on the building of Titius, that he may not be allowed to build higher, even though none is imposed on yours; because as long as you do not build higher, there is a utility in the servitude.
- 8.5.5.prlicet tuis non imponatur
The concessive conjunction licet ('although', 'even though') governs the present subjunctive imponatur. tuis is a dative feminine plural adjective used substantively, referring back to the preceding aedibus ('buildings'), meaning 'to yours'. Since imponatur is passive, it translates as 'even though [a servitude] is not imposed on yours'.
- 8.5.5.prdonec tu non extollis
The temporal conjunction donec ('as long as', 'until') is combined with the negative non and the present indicative extollis ('you raise up'). The action of raising refers back to altius tollere ('to build higher'). It expresses the condition under which the servitude remains useful, meaning 'as long as you do not build higher'.