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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §23.5.6.pr

Prohibition of Releasing Servitudes on Dotal Urban Land

Passage 3497 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that the release of a servitude benefiting a dotal urban land is not allowed, in order to prevent the condition of the land from being deteriorated.

[IDEM libro quinto de adulteriis. ] §23.5.6.prSed nec libertas seruitutis urbano praedio dotali debitae competit, ne per hoc deterior condicio praedii fiat.
[THE SAME, On Adultery, Book V.] But neither is the release of a servitude owed to a dotal urban land admissible, lest the condition of the land should thereby be made worse.

Notes

  1. §23.5.6.prlibertas seruitutis ... debitae — The term libertas here means the "release" or "freedom" from a servitude (i.e., its extinction). debitae is a perfect participle in the genitive feminine singular agreeing with seruitutis, governing the dative praedio. Similar to seruitutes fundo debitas in 23.5.5.pr, it refers to a servitude owed to (benefiting) the land (dominant tenement).
  2. §23.5.6.prcompetit — The third-person singular present indicative of competere, which means "to be admissible," "to lie," or "to hold good" (of a right or claim). Together with sed nec, it indicates that the release of the servitude is also not allowed.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §23.5.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:23.5.6.pr

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