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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.1.8.pr-10.1.8.1

Confused Boundaries from Floods and Surveyors' Duties

Passage 1632 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It describes the governor's measures when boundaries are confused by a flood, and the duty of the judge cognizing boundaries to dispatch measurers and inspect the sites if necessary.

[ULPIANUS libro sexto opinionum. ] §10.1.8.prSi irruptione fluminis fines agri confudit inundatio ideoque usurpandi quibusdam loca, in quibus ius non habent, occasionem praestat, praeses prouinciae alieno eos abstinere et domino suum restitui terminosque per mensorem declarari iubet. §10.1.8.1Ad officium de finibus cognoscentis pertinet mensores mittere et per eos dirimere ipsam finium quaestionem ut aequum est, si ita res exigit, oculisque suis subiectis locis.
[ULPIANUS, Book VI of Opinions.]\n\nIf a flood, by the breaking of a river, has confused the boundaries of a field and thereby affords to certain persons an opportunity of usurping places in which they have no right, the governor of the province orders them to abstain from what belongs to another, and his own to be restored to the owner, and the boundaries to be declared by a measurer.\n\nIt belongs to the duty of the judge who takes cognizance of boundaries to send measurers, and through them to settle the question of boundaries itself as is equitable, if the circumstances so require, after having inspected the places with his own eyes.

Notes

  1. §10.1.8.prusurpandi — usurpandi is the genitive of the gerund, modifying occasionem. loca is the direct object (accusative) of usurpandi.
  2. §10.1.8.pralieno eos abstinere et domino suum restitui terminosque per mensorem declarari — Three accusative-and-infinitive (A.C.I.) constructions are coordinated under the governing verb iubet: (1) eos is the subject accusative of the active infinitive abstinere; (2) suum is the subject accusative of the passive infinitive restitui; (3) terminos is the subject accusative of the passive infinitive declarari.
  3. §10.1.8.1oculisque suis subiectis locis — locis subiectis is an ablative absolute with the perfect participle. oculis suis is a dative modifier of subicere. Literally meaning 'the places having been subjected to his own eyes,' it signifies 'having personally inspected the sites'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.1.8.pr-10.1.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.1.8.pr-10.1.8.1

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