- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-15
It states that against a person who demolishes another's house and builds a bath there without the owner's consent, an action for damages lies, in addition to the natural law consequence that the new building belongs to the landowner.
[ULPIANUS libro sexto opinionum.]
[ULPIANUS, in the sixth book of Opinions.]
Qui domum alienam inuito domino1 demolit et eo loco balneas exstruxit, praeter naturale ius, quod superficies ad dominum soli pertinet,2 etiam damni dati nomine actioni subicitur.3
He who demolishes another’s house against the will of its owner and has built baths in that place, besides the natural law that the superstructure belongs to the owner of the soil, is also subjected to an action under the name of damage caused.
- 9.2.50.prinuito domino
An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun dominus and the adjective inuitus, meaning 'against the will of the owner' or 'the owner being unwilling'.
- 9.2.50.prquod superficies ad dominum soli pertinet
The quod-clause acts as a noun clause in apposition to explain the specific content of the preceding naturale ius (natural law). This refers to the fundamental Roman law principle 'superficies solo cedit' (the superstructure yields to the soil).
- 9.2.50.practioni subicitur
The dative case actioni is governed by the passive verb subicitur (is subjected to). In this context, it refers to the action under the Lex Aquilia for damages caused by unlawful destruction.