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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.1.71.pr

Removal of Buildings on Vacant Land and Usufruct

Passage 1242 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text presents the opinion of ancient jurists that if a building is erected on a vacant plot subject to another's usufruct, the usufruct is restored if the building is removed before the usufruct expires.

[MARCELLUS libro septimo decimo digestorum. ] §7.1.71.prSi in area, cuius usus fructus alienus esset, quis aedificasset, intra tempus quo usus fructus perit superficie sublata restitui usum fructum ueteres responderunt.
[MARCELLUS libro septimo decimo digestorum.] The ancient jurists gave the opinion that if someone had built on a vacant plot of land, the usufruct of which belonged to another, the usufruct is restored, provided that the superstructure is removed within the time in which the usufruct is lost.

Notes

  1. §7.1.71.prsuperficie sublata — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun superficies (superstructure/building) and sublata, the perfect passive participle of tollere. Here it expresses a conditional meaning: "if the superstructure is removed."
  2. §7.1.71.prrestitui usum fructum — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction governed by the main verb responderunt, where usum fructum is the subject accusative and restitui (present passive infinitive) is the predicate.
  3. §7.1.71.printra tempus quo usus fructus perit — The relative clause quo usus fructus perit modifies tempus. Since a usufruct is lost through non-use (non usus), this refers to the period before the prescriptive period for the loss of the usufruct expires.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.1.71.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.1.71.pr

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