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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.1.15.pr

Ownership of Water Fixtures and Fish in a Pond

Passage 2781 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that conduits, basins, fountains, and connected pipes or channels belong to the building, whereas fish in a fishpond belong neither to the building nor to the estate.

[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo secundo ad edictum. ] §19.1.15.prlines et labra, salientes.
[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo secundo ad edictum.] Conduits and basins, and fountains.
fistulae quoque, quae salientibus iunguntur, quamuis longe excurrant extra aedificium, aedium sunt: item canales: pisces autem qui sunt in piscina non sunt aedium nec fundi,
Also the pipes which are connected to the fountains, even if they extend far outside the building, belong to the building; likewise the channels. However, fish which are in a fishpond belong neither to the building nor to the estate,

Notes

  1. §19.1.15.prlines — The manuscript reading is lines, but it is commonly emended to or interpreted as linae or lineae (conduits, pipes). Placed alongside labra (basins) and salientes (fountains), it refers to water pipes or channels.
  2. §19.1.15.praedium sunt — The genitive aedium (genitive plural of aedes) denotes possession or belonging, meaning 'belong to the building' or 'are part of the building'. The same genitive construction is used in nec fundi at the end of the section.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.1.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.1.15.pr

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