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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §6.1.74.pr

Definition of a Superficiary Paying Ground Rent

Passage 1145 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the definition of a superficiary as one who holds a superstructure on another's land on the condition of paying a certain rent.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo primo ad edictum. ] §6.1.74.prid est qui in alieno solo superficiem ita habet, ut certam pensionem praestet,
[PAULUS in the twenty-first book on the Edict.] that is, one who holds a superstructure on another's land on the condition that he pays a certain rent,

Notes

  1. §6.1.74.prid est qui — Introduces a relative clause explaining appositively the dative noun Superficiario (to a superficiary) at the end of the preceding chunk. The relative pronoun qui is in the nominative case within its own clause.
  2. §6.1.74.prita... ut certam pensionem praestet — The adverb ita combined with ut and the subjunctive (praestet) expresses a restriction or condition ('on the condition that...', 'provided that...').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §6.1.74.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:6.1.74.pr

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