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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.9.8.pr

Recovery of a Raft on Another's Land and Security for Damage

Passage 7995 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The legal opinion of Neratius stating that permission to recover a raft washed onto another's land by the force of a river should not be granted unless security is also provided for past damage.

[NERATIUS libro secundo responsorum. ] §47.9.8.prRatis ui fluminis in agrum meum delatae non aliter potestatem tibi faciendam, quam si de praeterito quoque damno mihi cauisses.
[NERATIUS, Responses, book two.] An opportunity to recover a raft carried by the force of a river onto my land should not be granted to you, unless you have also given me security for past damage.

Notes

  1. §47.9.8.prratis ui fluminis in agrum meum delatae — The genitives ratis (genitive singular of the third-declension noun ratis) and delatae (feminine genitive singular of the perfect passive participle of deferre) function as an objective genitive modifying potestatem, establishing the meaning "the opportunity of recovering the raft."
  2. §47.9.8.prpotestatem tibi faciendam — An accusative-with-infinitive construction with the copula esse omitted (potestatem tibi faciendam esse). This indirect speech depends on the implied main clause of the jurist's response ("he replied"), using the gerundive (faciendam) to express obligation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.9.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.9.8.pr

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