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§8.6.22.pr

Use of a Way as an Established Right of Way

Scaevola begins a rule concerning anyone who has used a path as if they had a legally established right of way.

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[SCAEUOLA libro primo regularum.]

[SCAEVOLA, from the first book of Rules.]

§8.6.22.pr

​Denique quicumque quasi debita uia1 usus fuerit,

​Finally, whoever has used a way as though it were due [to him],

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  1. 8.6.22.prdebita uia

    The perfect passive participle debita (from debeo, to owe) modifies the noun uia (way, right of way), indicating a path that is legally due or owed, such as under a servitude. The phrase is in the ablative case as the object of the deponent verb utor (usus fuerit).

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.6.22.pr