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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §7.8.11.pr

Limits on Stay of Land User and Prohibition of Transfer

Passage 1324 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It defines the limit of the land user's stay on the land (not to disturb the owner or the agricultural workers) and prohibits selling, leasing, or gratuitously granting the right of use to anyone else.

[GAIUS libro secundo rerum cottidianarum siue aureorum. ] §7.8.11.prInque eo fundo hactenus ei morari licet, ut neque domino fundi molestus sit neque his, per quos opera rustica fiunt, impedimento sit: nec ulli alii ius quod habet aut uendere aut locare aut gratis concedere potest.
[GAIUS libro secundo rerum cottidianarum siue aureorum.] And on that land, he is permitted to stay only to such an extent that he is neither annoying to the owner of the land, nor is a hindrance to those through whom the rustic works are carried out; nor can he either sell or lease or grant gratuitously to any other person the right which he has.

Notes

  1. §7.8.11.prhactenus ... ut — The adverb hactenus (only to this extent) is used correlatively with the ut-clause with the subjunctive (sit), expressing a restrictive result or degree ('only to such an extent that...').
  2. §7.8.11.prhis ... impedimento — 'his' (the antecedent of 'quos') is a dative of reference ('to those'), while 'impedimento' is a predicative dative ('as a hindrance' / dative of purpose/effect), together forming a double dative construction.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §7.8.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:7.8.11.pr

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