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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.1.12.pr

Acquisition of Servitudes through Municipal Slaves

Passage 1360 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Javolenus expresses his view that a servitude can be rightfully acquired for the land of a municipality through a slave of that municipality.

[IAUOLENUS libro quarto epistularum. ] §8.1.12.prNon dubito, quin fundo municipum per seruum recte seruitus adquiratur.
[JAVOLENUS in the fourth book of Epistles.] I do not doubt that a servitude is rightfully acquired for the land of a municipality through a slave.

Notes

  1. §8.1.12.prNon dubito, quin ... adquiratur — The negative verb of doubting `non dubito` is followed by the conjunction `quin` and the subjunctive present passive `adquiratur` to form a noun clause, meaning 'I do not doubt that...'.
  2. §8.1.12.prfundo municipum — `fundo` is a dative of advantage/reference indicating the dominant tenement for which the servitude is acquired. `municipum` is the genitive plural of `municipes` (citizens of a municipality), here functionally referring to the municipality as a corporate entity.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.1.12.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.1.12.pr

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