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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.1.11.pr

Indivisibility of Servitudes and Partial Grants

Passage 1359 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Modestinus explains that based on the principle of the indivisibility of servitudes, a servitude cannot be acquired, bequeathed, or revoked in part, and alienating part of the land after stipulating a servitude invalidates the stipulation.

[MODESTINUS libro sexto differentiarum. ] §8.1.11.prPro parte dominii seruitutem adquiri non posse uolgo traditur: et ideo si quis fundum habens uiam stipuletur et partem fundi sui postea alienet, corrumpit stipulationem in eum casum deducendo, a quo stipulatio incipere non possit.
[MODESTINUS in the sixth book of Differences.] It is commonly taught that a servitude cannot be acquired for a part of ownership; and therefore, if anyone who owns a tract of land should stipulate for a right of way and afterwards alienate a part of his land, he ruins the stipulation by bringing it into such a state from which the stipulation could not have begun.
pro parte quoque neque legari neque adimi uia potest et, si id factum est, neque legatum neque ademptio ualet.
Likewise, a right of way can neither be bequeathed nor taken away in part, and, if this is done, neither the bequest nor the revocation is valid.

Notes

  1. §8.1.11.prpro parte dominii — dominii is a genitive limiting pro parte. It refers to the principle of the indivisibility of servitudes, meaning that a servitude cannot be acquired in a divided manner in relation to only a fractional share of ownership.
  2. §8.1.11.prin eum casum deducendo, a quo stipulatio incipere non possit — deducendo is an ablative gerund expressing means. a quo is a relative pronoun referring to the antecedent eum casum, and the verb possit in the relative clause is in the subjunctive of characteristic, meaning "by bringing it into such a state from which the stipulation could not have begun in the first place."

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.1.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.1.11.pr

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