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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.112.pr

Definition of Public Shore and Its Application to Lakes

Passage 8926 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The definition of a public shore is given based on the maximum reach of the waves, and this same rule is applied to lakes unless they are entirely private.

[IDEM libro undecimo ex Cassio. ] §50.16.112.prLitus publicum est eatenus, qua maxime fluctus exaestuat.
[THE SAME, in the eleventh book of his commentary on Cassius.] A public shore extends as far as the wave surges at its highest.
idemque iuris est in lacu, nisi is totus priuatus est.
And the same rule of law applies to a lake, unless it is entirely private.

Notes

  1. §50.16.112.preatenus, qua — A correlative structure of the adverb eatenus (so far / up to that point) and the relative adverb qua (where / as far as), which limits the extent of the shore to the highest point the wave surges (fluctus exaestuat).
  2. §50.16.112.pridemque iuris — The neuter nominative singular of the demonstrative pronoun idem (with the clitic -que) takes the genitive singular iuris (of ius) as a partitive genitive, literally meaning 'the same of law' (i.e., 'the same rule of law').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.112.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.112.pr

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