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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §43.8.4.pr

Permissibility of Shoreline Construction under the Law of Nations

Passage 7057 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It quotes the response of Scaevola that building on the shore is permitted by the law of nations, provided that public use is not obstructed.

[SCAEUOLA libro quinto responsorum. ] §43.8.4.prRespondit in litore iure gentium aedificare licere, nisi usus publicus impediretur.
[SCAEUOLA from the fifth book of Responses] He replied that it is permitted by the law of nations to build on the shore, unless public use is obstructed.

Notes

  1. §43.8.4.prlicere — Infinitive of the impersonal verb `licet` (it is permitted). It acts as the predicate infinitive in the indirect speech (accusative with infinitive construction) governed by the main verb `respondit` (he replied), taking `aedificare` (to build) as its subject infinitive.
  2. §43.8.4.primpediretur — Subjunctive imperfect passive. It is in the imperfect subjunctive due to the sequence of tenses (consecutio temporum) because the main verb `respondit` is in the past tense.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §43.8.4.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:43.8.4.pr

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