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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.14.pr

Interdict Uti Possidetis for Private Rights in the Sea

Passage 8013 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the case where a person whose proprietary right over the sea is obstructed can seek the interdict "uti possidetis" because the matter concerns a private cause rather than a public one.

[PAULUS libro tertio decimo ad Plautium. ] §47.10.14.prSane si maris proprium ius ad aliquem pertineat, uti possidetis interdictum ei competit, si prohibeatur ius suum exercere, quoniam ad priuatam iam causam pertinet, non ad publicam haec res, utpote cum de iure fruendo agatur, quod ex priuata causa contingat, non ex publica.
[PAULUS, On Plautius, book thirteen.] Certainly, if a proprietary right over the sea belongs to someone, the interdict "uti possidetis" is available to him if he is prevented from exercising his right, since this matter now relates to a private cause, not to a public one, inasmuch as it is a question of a right of enjoyment, which arises from a private cause, not from a public one.
ad priuatas enim causas accommodata interdicta sunt, non ad publicas.
For interdicts are adapted to private causes, not to public ones.

Notes

  1. §47.10.14.prde iure fruendo — The preposition de (governing the ablative) is followed by the noun iure (ablative singular of ius) and the gerundive fruendo (from the verb fruor, which governs the ablative), agreeing in gender, number, and case. It practically means "concerning the right of enjoyment" (equivalent to de iure fruendi).
  2. §47.10.14.pragatur — A subjunctive present passive third-person singular verb, introduced by the conjunction phrase utpote cum (inasmuch as, since). It is used impersonally here, indicating a legal or litigious situation where "it is under dispute" or "it is a question of" the matter following de.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.14.pr

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