[ULPIANUS libro quinquagensimo secundo ad edictum. ] §39.1.5.10Meminisse autem oportebit, quotiens quis in nostro aedificare uel in nostrum inmittere uel proicere uult, melius esse eum per praetorem uel per manum, id est lapilli ictum prohibere quam operis noui nuntiatione: ceterum operis noui nuntiatione possessorem cum faciemus, cui nuntiauerimus.
However, it must be remembered that, whenever anyone wishes to build on our ground, or to insert or project anything into our property, it is better to forbid him through the praetor or by hand, that is, by throwing a pebble, than by a notice of a new work; otherwise, by the notice of a new work, we shall make him the possessor to whom we have given notice.
at si in suo quid faciat, quod nobis noceat, tunc operis noui denuntiatio erit necessaria.
But if he does something on his own ground that harms us, then a notice of a new work will be necessary.
et si forte in nostro aliquid facere quis perseuerat, aequissimum erit interdicto aduersus eum quod ui aut clam aut uti possidetis uti.
And if by chance someone persists in doing something on our property, it will be most equitable to use against him the interdict "concerning force or stealth" or "as you possess".
§39.1.5.11Si quis riuos uel cloacas uelit reficere uel purgare, operis noui nuntiatio merito prohibetur, cum publicae salutis et securitatis intersit et cloacas et riuos purgari.
If anyone wishes to repair or clean water channels or sewers, a notice of a new work is justly forbidden, since it concerns the public health and safety that sewers and water channels be cleaned.
§39.1.5.12Praeterea generaliter praetor cetera quoque opera excepit, quorum mora periculum aliquod allatura est: nam in his quoque contemnendam putauit operis noui nuntiationem.
Furthermore, the praetor generally exempted other works as well, the delay of which is likely to bring some danger; for in these cases also he thought that the notice of a new work should be disregarded.
quis enim dubitat multo melius esse omitti operis noui nuntiationem, quam impediri operis necessarii urguentem extructionem? totiens autem haec pars locum habet, quotiens dilatio periculum allatura est.
For who doubts that it is much better for the notice of a new work to be omitted than for the urgent construction of a necessary work to be impeded? This part, moreover, applies whenever delay is likely to bring danger.
§39.1.5.13Proinde si quis, cum opus hoc mora periculum allaturum esset, nuntiauerit opus nouum uel si in cloacis uel ripa reficiendis aliquid fieret, dicemus apud iudicem quaeri debere, an talia opera fuerint, ut contemni nuntiatio deberet: nam si apparuerit uel in cloaca riuoue eoue, cuius mora periculum allatura esset, dicendum est non esse uerendum, ne haec nuntiatio noceret.
Therefore, if anyone, when the work would bring danger by delay, has given notice of a new work, or if something was being done in repairing sewers or a riverbank, we shall say that it ought to be inquired before the judge whether the works were of such a nature that the notice ought to be disregarded; for if it appears that the work was on a sewer, a water channel, or on that whose delay would bring danger, it must be said that there is no need to fear that this notice might do harm.
§39.1.5.14Qui opus nouum nuntiat, iurare debet non calumniae causa opus nouum nuntiare.
He who gives notice of a new work must swear that he does not give the notice for the sake of harassment.
hoc iusiurandum auctore praetore defertur: idcirco non exigitur, ut iuret is ante, qui iusiurandum exigat.
This oath is administered by the authority of the praetor; therefore, it is not required that the person who demands the oath should swear first.
§39.1.5.15Qui nuntiat, necesse habet demonstrare, in quo loco opus nouum nuntiet, scituro eo cui nuntiatum est, ubi possit aedificare, ubi interim abstinendum est.
He who gives notice is obliged to point out in what place he gives notice of the new work, so that the person notified may know where he can build and where in the meantime he must abstain.
totiens autem demonstratio facienda est, quotiens in partem fit nuntiatio: ceterum si in totum opus fiat, non est necesse demonstrare, sed hoc ipsum dicere.
Such a pointing out, moreover, must be made whenever the notice is given in respect of a part; but if it is given in respect of the whole work, it is not necessary to point it out, but merely to say this very thing.
§39.1.5.16Si in pluribus locis opus fiat, utrum una nuntiatio sufficiat an uero plures sint necessariae? et ait Iulianus libro quadragensimo nono digestorum, quia in re praesenti fit nuntiatio, plures nuntiationes esse necessarias et consequenter plures remissiones.
If work is being done in several places, is one notice sufficient or are several necessary? And Julian, in the forty-ninth book of his Digests, says that because the notice is given on the spot, several notices are necessary, and consequently several releases.
§39.1.5.17Si is, cui nuntiatum erit, ex operis noui nuntiatione satisdederit repromisseritue aut per eum non fiet, quo minus boni uiri arbitratu satisdet repromittatue, perinde est, ac si operis noui nuntiatio omissa esset.
If the person notified has given security or made a promise pursuant to the notice of a new work, or if it is not due to him that he does not give security or make a promise according to the judgment of an honest man, it is just as if the notice of a new work had been omitted.
habet autem hoc remedium utilitatem: nam remittit uexationem ad praetorem ueniendi et desiderandi, ut missa fieret nuntiatio.
This remedy, moreover, has this utility: for it spares the trouble of coming to the praetor and requesting that the notice be dismissed.
§39.1.5.18Qui procuratorio nomine nuntiauerit, si non satisdabit eam rem dominum ratam habiturum, nuntiatio omni modo remittitur, etiamsi uerus sit procurator.
If he who has given notice in the name of a procurator does not give security that the principal will ratify the matter, the notice is in any case dismissed, even if he is a true procurator.
§39.1.5.19Qui remissionem absentis nomine desiderat, siue ad priuatum siue ad publicum ius ea remissio pertinet, satisdare cogitur: sustinet enim partes defensoris.
He who requests a release in the name of an absent person, whether that release relates to private or public law, is compelled to give security; for he sustains the role of a defender.
sed haec satisdatio non pertinet ad ratihabitionem, sed ad operis noui nuntiationem.
But this security does not relate to ratification, but to the notice of a new work.
§39.1.5.20Si procurator autem opus nouum mihi nuntiauerit et satis acceperit, deinde interdicto aduersus eum utar, ne uim mihi faciat, quo minus aedificem, ex interdicto eum oportet iudicatum solui satisdare, quia partes sustinet defensoris:
But if a procurator has given notice of a new work to me and has received security, and then I use an interdict against him lest he use force against me to prevent me from building, he must give security that the judgment will be satisfied under the interdict, because he sustains the role of a defender: