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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §10.3.22.pr

Co-ownership of a Wall Built in Joint Names

Passage 1717 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that if someone builds a wall in their own name and that of a neighbor, whether with the intention of recovering a share of the cost or as a gift, the wall becomes common property.

[POMPONIUS libro trigesimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §10.3.22.prSi meo et uicini nomine parietem aedificem uel repetiturus ab eo pro parte impensam uel donationis gratia, communis fiet paries.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, book XXXIII.] If I build a wall in my name and that of my neighbor, whether intending to recover a share of the expense from him or by way of gift, the wall will become common.

Notes

  1. 10.3.22.prmeo et uicini nomine — The ablative singular noun "nomine" (from nomen) is modified by both the possessive adjective "meo" and the genitive noun "uicini" in coordination, meaning "in my name and that of my neighbor."
  2. 10.3.22.prrepetiturus ... uel donationis gratia — The future active participle "repetiturus" (expressing intention) and the prepositional phrase "donationis gratia" (gratia with genitive, expressing purpose) are coordinated by the disjunctive conjunctions "uel ... uel", both describing the subjective motivation for building the wall.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §10.3.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.3.22.pr

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