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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §39.3.19.pr

Work Done with Neighbor's Tolerance and Rainwater Liability

Passage 6192 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Labeo's view is presented that if work is done with the neighbor's tolerance and rainwater causes damage, the performer of the work is not liable under the action for warding off rainwater.

[POMPONIUS libro quarto decimo ad Quintum Mucium. ] §39.3.19.prLabeo ait, si patiente uicino opus faciam, ex quo ei aqua pluuia noceat, non teneri me actione aquae pluuiae arcendae:
[POMPONIUS in the fourteenth book on Quintus Mucius.] Labeo says that if, with the neighbor's tolerance, I perform work from which rainwater causes him damage, I am not liable under the action for warding off rainwater.

Notes

  1. §39.3.19.prpatiente uicino — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the present participle patiente and the noun uicino, meaning "with the neighbor tolerating" or "with the neighbor's tolerance," functioning as part of the condition within the si-clause.
  2. §39.3.19.prnon teneri me — An accusative with infinitive (A.C.I.) construction introduced by the main verb Labeo ait (Labeo says). me is the subject accusative of the infinitive, and teneri is the present passive infinitive, representing the content of Labeo's statement.
  3. §39.3.19.practione aquae pluuiae arcendae — The gerundive arcendae agrees with the noun aquae pluuiae, modifying the ablative of instrument or cause actione. It refers to the specific Roman law action, actio aquae pluuiae arcendae ("action for warding off rainwater").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §39.3.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:39.3.19.pr

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