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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.2.35.pr

Demolition of a Party Wall and Load-Bearing Fitness

Passage 6159 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that in the demolition of a common wall, it must be inquired whether the wall was sufficiently fit to bear the burdens or not.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragensimo secundo ad Sabinum. ] §39.2.35.prIn parietis communis demolitione ea quaeri oportet, satis aptus fuerit oneribus ferendis an non fuerit aptus.
[ULPIANUS in the forty-second book on Sabinus.] In the demolition of a common wall, those things ought to be inquired, whether it was sufficiently fit to bear the burdens, or whether it was not fit.

Notes

  1. §39.2.35.prea — Neuter plural nominative serving as the subject of the passive infinitive `quaeri` governed by the impersonal verb `oportet`. It cataphorically anticipates the content of the following indirect questions introduced by `an`.
  2. §39.2.35.proneribus ferendis — A dative of gerundive construction modifying the adjective `aptus` ("fit"), meaning "for bearing the burdens."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.2.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.2.35.pr

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