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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.3.1.pr

Separate Legacies of Upper and Lower Shops and Support Servitudes

Passage 4996 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

A discussion on whether a servitude to bear a load is automatically imposed on a lower shop when two adjoining shops are bequeathed separately, and the conditions under which this holds true.

[IULIANUS libro primo ex Minicio. ] §33.3.1.prQui duas tabernas coniunctas habebat, eas singulas duobus legauit: quaesitum est, si quid ex superiore taberna in inferiorem inaedificatum esset, num inferior oneri ferundo in superioris tabernae loco contineretur.
[JULIANUS in the first book from Minicius.] A person who owned two adjoining shops bequeathed them individually to two persons. The question arose, if any structure had been built from the upper shop into the lower one, whether the lower shop was bound to the upper shop's place for the purpose of bearing the load.
respondit seruitutem impositam uideri.
He answered that a servitude appeared to have been imposed.
IULIANUs notat: uideamus, ne hoc ita uerum sit, si aut nominatim haec seruitus imposita est aut ita legatum datum est: 'tabernam meam uti nunc est do lego'.
JULIAN notes: Let us consider whether this is true only if either this servitude has been expressly imposed or the legacy was given in this manner: 'I give and bequeath my shop as it now is.'

Notes

  1. 33.3.1.proneri ferundo — Dative of the gerundive expressing purpose. Derived from the Roman law concept of the 'servitude of bearing a load' (servitus oneris ferendi), it indicates here whether the lower shop is bound to support the weight of the upper one.
  2. 33.3.1.pruideamus, ne — The hortatory subjunctive `uideamus` followed by `ne` introducing a clause of apprehension or tentative doubt. It expresses a qualification or caution: 'let us see whether this is not true only if...'
  3. 33.3.1.prcontineretur — Subjunctive imperfect in an indirect question introduced by `num`. The passive of `continere` is used here in the sense of 'to be bound' or 'to be legally constrained.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.3.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.3.1.pr

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