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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.1.1.pr

Classification of Servitudes into Personal and Praedial

Passage 1349 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcianus presents the fundamental classification of servitudes, dividing them into personal servitudes (such as use and usufruct) and praedial/real servitudes (such as rustic and urban servitudes).

[MARCIANUS libro tertio regularum. ] §8.1.1.prSeruitutes aut personarum sunt, ut usus et usus fructus, aut rerum, ut seruitutes rusticorum praediorum et urbanorum.
[MARCIANUS in the third book of Rules.] Servitudes are either of persons, such as use and usufruct, or of things, such as servitudes of rustic and urban estates.

Notes

  1. 8.1.1.prpersonarum sunt — A possessive genitive (or genitive of belonging) used with the verb 'esse' to mean 'belong to' or 'are of'. The same applies to the subsequent 'rerum [sunt]'. These expressions form the basis of the classical Roman law distinction between 'personal servitudes' (servitutes personarum) and 'praedial/real servitudes' (servitutes rerum).
  2. 8.1.1.prurbanorum — The preceding neuter noun 'praediorum' is omitted here, effectively forming a parallel structure: 'rusticorum praediorum et urbanorum [praediorum]' (of rustic estates and of urban [estates]). 'Praedia rustica' (rustic estates) and 'praedia urbana' (urban estates) are the two major categories of landed property in Roman law.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.1.1.pr

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