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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.2.13.pr

Alternate Year Usufructs and the Unity of Servitudes

Passage 4965 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author discusses that a usufruct bequeathed for alternate years constitutes multiple bequests, whereas a servitude of way, being intermittent by its very nature, remains a single servitude under similar conditions.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo ad Plautium. ] §33.2.13.prCum usus fructus alternis annis legatur, non unum, sed plura legata sunt.
[PAULUS, On Plautius, Book XIII.] When a usufruct is bequeathed for alternate years, there is not one bequest, but several.
aliud est in seruitute aquae et uiae: uiae enim seruitus una est, quia natura sui habet intermissionem.
It is otherwise in the case of a servitude of water and of way; for a servitude of way is single, because by its own nature it has intermission.

Notes

  1. §33.2.13.pralternis annis — An ablative of time, meaning 'in alternate years' or 'every other year'. In this case, each year's enjoyment is treated as a separate bequest.
  2. §33.2.13.praliud est in — An idiomatic expression meaning 'it is otherwise in the case of...' or 'the rule is different in...', indicating a distinction in legal effect or nature from the preceding case.
  3. §33.2.13.prnatura sui — sui is the genitive of the reflexive pronoun, modifying the ablative natura (by nature), equivalent in meaning to natura sua (by its own nature). The direct object of habet is intermissionem.

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