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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.26.3.pr

Precarium in Servitude-Like Rights and Specific Examples

Passage 7153 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius provides concrete examples of precarium concerning the "possession of a right" (similar to servitudes), such as the right of way, rainwater drip, or inserting a beam into a neighbor's wall.

[GAIUS libro uicensimo quinto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §43.26.3.prueluti si me precario rogaueris, ut per fundum meum ire uel agere tibi liceat uel ut in tectum uel in aream aedium mearum stillicidium uel tignum in parietem immissum habeas.
[GAIUS, Provincial Edict, book twenty-five.] as, for instance, if you have requested me by precarium that you be permitted to walk or drive through my land, or that you may have the right of drip onto the roof or into the courtyard of my building, or a beam inserted into my wall.

Notes

  1. 43.26.3.prueluti si — This introduces concrete examples of the precarium of rights, referring back to the phrase "acquired possession of ... a right" (possessionem ... iuris ... adeptus est) at the end of the preceding section (§43.26.2.3).
  2. 43.26.3.prire uel agere — These actions correspond to iter (the right to walk or ride) and actus (the right to drive beasts or vehicles), which are the fundamental elements of rustic servitudes (servitutes praediorum rusticorum) in Roman law.
  3. 43.26.3.prstillicidium uel tignum in parietem immissum — These correspond to the content of urban servitudes (servitutes praediorum urbanorum). Stillicidium refers to the right of letting rainwater drip onto a neighbor's property, and tignum immissum refers to the right of inserting a beam into a neighbor's wall. Both are coordinated as objects of habeas.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.26.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.26.3.pr

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