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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §13.7.17.pr

Pledge of Superficiary Rights and Ground Rent

Passage 2155 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Presents a rescript of the deified Emperors Severus and Antoninus stating that superficiary property must be pledged without reducing the ground rent.

[MARCIANUS libro singulari ad formulam hypothecariam. ] §13.7.17.prSane diui Seuerus et Antoninus rescribserunt, ut sine deminutione mercedis soli obligabitur.
[MARCIANUS, On the Formula for Hypothec, Single Book] Indeed, the deified Severus and Antoninus wrote in a rescript that it should be obligated in pledge without any reduction of the ground rent.

Notes

  1. 13.7.17.probligabitur — Although some manuscripts read the subjunctive `obligetur`, the future indicative `obligabitur` in the `ut` clause following `rescribserunt` expresses the content of the rescript ("that it should be obligated"). The unexpressed subject of this passive verb refers to the `superficiarium` (superficiary property) mentioned in the preceding fragment (13.7.16.2).
  2. 13.7.17.prmercedis soli — `soli` is the genitive of `solum` (ground, soil). It signifies that even when the superficiary property is pledged, the ground rent (`merces`) payable to the owner of the soil must not be reduced.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §13.7.17.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:13.7.17.pr

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