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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.16.pr

Owner Creating Servitude Without Harming Usufruct

Passage 1187 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus points out an exception that the owner can impose a servitude if it does not worsen the condition of the usufructuary, providing the restriction on building height as an example.

[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §7.1.16.prnisi per quam deterior fructuarii condicio non fiat, ueluti si talem seruitutem uicino concesserit ius sibi non esse altius tollere.
[PAULUS in the third book on Sabinus.] except such a servitude by which the condition of the usufructuary does not become worse, as for example, if he should grant such a servitude to a neighbor that he has no right to build higher.

Notes

  1. §7.1.16.prnisi per quam — The conjunction nisi introduces an exception to the rule stated in the preceding chunk by Ulpianus (that the owner cannot impose a servitude). The relative pronoun quam is feminine singular, referring back to seruitutem (servitude) in the previous sentence.
  2. §7.1.16.prius sibi non esse altius tollere — An accusative with infinitive construction that explains the specific content of the preceding talem seruitutem (such a servitude). The pronoun sibi is a reflexive dative referring to the subject of the main clause (the owner), and altius tollere (to build higher) is a formulaic expression used in servitudes restricting building height.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.16.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.16.pr

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