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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §41.3.39.pr

Ineligibility of Superstructures on Land Excluded from Usucapion

Passage 6791 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text states the Roman law principle that if the land itself cannot be acquired by usucapion, the superstructure (or building) upon it cannot be acquired by usucapion either.

[MARCIANUS libro tertio institutionum. ] §41.3.39.prSi solum usucapi non poterit, nec superficies usucapietur.
[MARCIANUS, Institutes, book 3] If the ground cannot be acquired by usucapion, neither will the superstructure be acquired by usucapion.

Notes

  1. §41.3.39.prsuperficies — Refers to "superstructure" or "surface property." Based on the Roman law principle "superficies solo cedit" (the superstructure goes with the soil), it is inseparably linked to the legal status of the land (solum). Consequently, if the land itself cannot be the object of usucapion, the superstructure built upon it cannot be acquired by usucapion either.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §41.3.39.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:41.3.39.pr

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