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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.1.12.pr-41.1.12.1

Boundaries of Lakes and Ownership of Fused Metals

Passage 6642 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text addresses the unchanging boundaries of lakes and pools despite fluctuations in water levels, and rules on the ownership of an object created by melting together different metals, such as copper and silver.

[CALLISTRATUS libro secundo institutionum. ] §41.1.12.prLacus et stagna licet interdum crescant, interdum exarescant, suos tamen terminos retinent ideoque in his ius alluuionis non adgnoscitur.
[CALLISTRATUS, Institutes, book 2] Lakes and pools, although they may sometimes overflow and sometimes dry up, yet retain their boundaries, and therefore in their case the right of alluvion is not recognized.
§41.1.12.1Si aere meo et argento tuo conflato aliqua species facta sit, non erit ea nostra communis, quia, cum diuersae materiae aes atque argentum sit, ab artificibus separari et in pristinam materiam reduci solet.
If some object is made by melting together my bronze and your silver, it will not be our common property, because, since copper and silver are of different materials, they can be separated by craftsmen and reduced to their original state.

Notes

  1. 41.1.12.prlicet ... crescant, ... exarescant — The conjunction `licet` introduces a concessive clause ("although...", "even if...") taking verbs in the subjunctive mood (here `crescant` and `exarescant`).
  2. 41.1.12.1aere meo et argento tuo conflato — An ablative absolute construction formed by the nouns `aere meo et argento tuo` and the perfect passive participle `conflato` ("my bronze and your silver having been melted together"). The participle `conflato` grammatically agrees with the nearest noun `argento` (neuter singular) but logically applies to both.
  3. 41.1.12.1diuersae materiae — A genitive of quality (or description) acting predicatively to describe the attribute of the subject `aes atque argentum` ("are of different materials").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.1.12.pr-41.1.12.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.1.12.pr-41.1.12.1

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