[PAULUS libro tertio ad Sabinum. ] §7.4.9.prSed et eo quoque solo, in quo fuit uilla, uti frui potero.
[PAULUS from the third book on Sabinus.] But furthermore, I will also be able to use and enjoy that very ground on which the villa stood.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.4.9.pr
Enjoyment of Usufruct over Ground after Demolition
Summary
Paulus states that even if the villa is demolished, the usufructuary can still use and enjoy the ground on which the villa stood.
Notes
- §7.4.9.preo quoque solo — Ablative singular of solum ('ground, soil'), serving as the object of the deponent verbs uti and frui. Quoque modifies this phrase, emphasizing 'that ground as well' after the destruction of the villa.
- §7.4.9.pruti frui — An asyndetic collocation (lacking a conjunction) instead of uti et frui, commonly used in Roman legal texts as a formulaic phrase meaning 'to use and enjoy' (to exercise usufruct).
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.4.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.4.9.pr
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