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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.25.1.pr-43.25.1.5

Conditions for Notice of New Work and Its Remission

Passage 7150 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section outlines the requirements for a notice of new work (nuntiatio novi operis) to be effective and the conditions for its remission, discussing the legal status of owners, servitude holders, usufructuaries, and pledgees.

[ULPIANUS libro septuagensimo primo ad edictum. ] §43.25.1.prAit praetor: 'Quod ius sit illi prohibere, ne se inuito fiat, in eo nuntiatio teneat: ceterum nuntiationem missam facio'. §43.25.1.1Sub hoc titulo remissiones proponuntur.
[ULPIAN, on the Edict, book seventy-one.] The praetor says: "Where he has the right to prevent it from being done against his will, let the notice be effective in that respect; otherwise, I dismiss the notice." Under this title, remissions are proposed.
§43.25.1.2Et uerba praetoris ostendunt remissionem ibi demum factam, ubi nuntiatio non tenet, et nuntiationem ibi demum uoluisse praetorem tenere, ubi ius est nuntianti prohibere, ne se inuito fiat.
And the words of the praetor show that a remission is only made there where the notice is not effective, and that the praetor wished the notice to be effective only there where the person giving notice has the right to prevent it from being done against his will.
ceterum siue satisdatio interueniat siue non, remissio facta hoc tantum remittit, in quo non tenuit nuntiatio.
Otherwise, whether security is interposed or not, the remission made remits only that in which the notice was not effective.
plane si satisdatum est, exinde remissio facta est, non est necessaria remissio.
Clearly, if security has been given, a remission is made from that moment, and a remission is not necessary.
§43.25.1.3Ius habet opus nouum nuntiandi, qui aut dominium aut seruitutem habet.
He who has either ownership or a servitude has the right to give notice of a new work.
§43.25.1.4Item Iuliano placet fructuario uindicandarum seruitutium ius esse: secundum quod opus nouum nuntiare poterit uicino et remissio utilis erit.
Likewise, Julian is of the opinion that a usufructuary has the right to claim servitudes; according to which he can give notice of a new work to a neighbor, and the remission will be useful.
ipsi autem domino praedii si nuntiauerit, remissio inutilis erit: neque sicut aduersus uicinum, ita aduersus dominum agere potest ius ei non esse inuito se altius aedificare.
But if he gives notice to the owner of the land himself, the remission will be useless; for he cannot bring an action against the owner as he can against a neighbor, to the effect that the owner has no right to build higher against his will.
sed si hoc facto usus fructus deterior fiat, petere usum fructum debebit.
But if the usufruct is impaired by this act, he must claim the usufruct.
idem Iulianus dicit de ceteris, quibus aliqua seruitus a uicino debetur.
Julian says the same about others to whom some servitude is owed by a neighbor.
§43.25.1.5Ei quoque, qui pignori fundum acceperit, scribit Iulianus non esse iniquum detentionem seruitutis dari.
Julian also writes that it is not unjust for the detention of a servitude to be granted to one who has received land in pledge.

Notes

  1. §43.25.1.prmissam facio — "missam facere" is a legal idiom meaning "to dismiss" or "to discharge," indicating that the praetor invalidates the notice of new work and allows the construction to proceed.
  2. §43.25.1.4uindicandarum seruitutium — A gerundive construction where the gerundive "uindicandarum" agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun "seruitutium," functioning equivalently to a gerund with a direct object ("uindicandi seruitutes") to mean "claiming servitudes."
  3. §43.25.1.4ius ei non esse inuito se altius aedificare — An accusative with infinitive (ACI) clause serving as the object of "agere" (to bring an action), where "ius" is the subject accusative and "esse" is the infinitive, representing the claim "that he (the owner) has no right to build higher against his (the usufructuary's) will."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.25.1.pr-43.25.1.5. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.25.1.pr-43.25.1.5

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