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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.2.25.pr

Trebatius on Damage Caused by Obstruction of Light

Passage 6149 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It presents the opinion of Trebatius that a person whose building's light is obstructed is also deemed to sustain damage.

[PAULUS libro septuagensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §39.2.25.prTrebatius ait etiam eum accipere damnum, cuius aedium luminibus officiatur.
[PAULUS in the seventy-eighth book on the Edict.] Trebatius says that he also receives damage, the light of whose buildings is obstructed.

Notes

  1. §39.2.25.prluminibus officiatur — The verb officere (to obstruct) is an intransitive verb governing the dative, which in the passive is used impersonally. Here, the passive form officiatur is used with the dative plural luminibus (light), literally meaning 'obstruction is made with respect to the light', i.e., 'the light is obstructed'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.2.25.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.2.25.pr

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