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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.12.5.pr

Right of Access to Sepulchres after Land Sale

Passage 8063 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the rule of law that former landowners who built sepulchres on their land retain the right of access to them even after selling the property, as stipulated in the terms of sale.

[POMPONIUS libro sexto ex Plautio. ] §47.12.5.prUtimur eo iure, ut dominis fundorum, in quibus sepulchra fecerint, etiam post uenditos fundos adeundorum sepulchrorum sit ius.
[POMPONIUS in the sixth book on Plautius.] We follow the rule of law that the owners of lands in which they have built sepulchres retain the right to approach those sepulchres even after the lands have been sold.
legibus namque praediorum uendundorum cauetur, ut ad sepulchra, quae in fundis sunt, item eius aditus ambitus funeri faciendi sit.
For it is provided in the conditions of sale of estates that there shall likewise be a right of access and approach to the sepulchres which are on the lands, for the purpose of performing a funeral.

Notes

  1. §47.12.5.prpost uenditos fundos — A prepositional phrase where the preposition post is followed by the noun fundos and the perfect passive participle uenditos. Similar to the ab urbe condita construction, it emphasizes the action of selling rather than the physical lands themselves, meaning 'after the sale of the lands'.
  2. §47.12.5.prlegibus ... uendundorum — In this context, legibus refers to the 'terms' or 'conditions' of a private contract of sale (leges uenditionis) rather than public statutes. uendundorum is an archaic spelling of uendendorum, a gerundive in the genitive plural agreeing with praediorum.
  3. §47.12.5.prfuneri faciendi — funeri is the dative of funus (expressing purpose, or possibly representing a corrupt reading for funeris), and faciendi is the genitive of the gerund or gerundive. Despite the grammatical irregularity or manuscript variation, it is understood as expressing purpose: 'for the purpose of performing a funeral'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.12.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.12.5.pr

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