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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.2.44.pr

Prohibition of the Lease of a Servitude

Passage 2865 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Prescribes the legal principle that a servitude cannot be the object of a lease.

[Ulpianus libro septimo ad edictum. ] §19.2.44.prLocare seruitutem nemo potest.
[ULPIAN, from the seventh book on the Edict.] No one can lease a servitude.

Notes

  1. 19.2.44.prseruitutem — The noun seruitus (genitive seruitutis, feminine) can mean "slavery," but in this legal context it refers to "servitude" (easement) in property law. It concisely states the principle that because a servitude is an accessory right attached to the dominant tenement, it cannot be made the subject of a lease (locare) on its own.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.2.44.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.2.44.pr

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