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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.2.14.pr

Right to Build on Servitude-Free Land at Legal Distance

Passage 1382 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The Emperors Antoninus and Severus issue a rescript clarifying that, on a plot of land free of servitudes, the owner or an authorized person can build, provided the legally required distance from the neighboring property is maintained.

[PAPIRIUS IUSTUS libro primo de constitutionibus. ] §8.2.14.prImperatores Antoninus et Seuerus Augusti rescripserunt in area, quae nulli seruitutem debet, posse dominum uel alium uoluntate eius aedificare intermisso legitimo spatio a uicina insula.
[PAPIRIUS IUSTUS in the first book On Constitutions.] The Emperors Antoninus and Severus Augusti wrote in a rescript that, on a plot of land which owes a servitude to no one, the owner, or another person with his consent, can build, provided that the lawful distance from the neighboring insula is left.

Notes

  1. §8.2.14.prquae nulli seruitutem debet — The relative pronoun 'quae' refers back to 'area'. 'nulli' is a dative of reference or disadvantage, meaning 'to no one' (representing another property). The verb 'debere' means to owe or be under an obligation; thus, the clause indicates that the plot of land is free from any servitudes to neighboring properties.
  2. §8.2.14.printermisso legitimo spatio — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun 'spatio' and the perfect passive participle of 'intermittere'. It means 'the lawful distance having been left' or 'provided that the legally prescribed space is maintained,' functioning as a condition for the construction.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.2.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.14.pr

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