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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.2.15.pr

Servitudes of Light and Prospect and Notice of New Work

Passage 1383 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpianus explains the difference between the servitudes of not obstructing light and not obstructing prospect, and discusses the prohibition of light-obstructing activities and the notification of a new work.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §8.2.15.prInter seruitutes ne luminibus officiatur et ne prospectui offendatur aliud et aliud obseruatur: quod in prospectu plus quis habet, ne quid ei officiatur ad gratiorem prospectum et liberum, in luminibus autem, non officere ne lumina cuiusquam obscuriora fiant.
[ULPIANUS in the twenty-ninth book On Sabinus.] Between the servitudes "that light be not obstructed" and "that prospect be not obstructed," different rules are observed: for in the case of prospect, a person has more, namely, that nothing obstruct his more pleasant and free prospect; whereas in the case of light, the rule is not to obstruct so that anyone's light becomes dimmer.
quodcumque igitur faciat ad luminis impedimentum, prohiberi potest, si seruitus debeatur, opusque ei nouum nuntiari potest, si modo sic faciat, ut lumini noceat.
Therefore, whatever acts to obstruct light can be prohibited, if the servitude is owed, and a notification of a new work can be served upon it, provided that it is done in such a way as to harm the light.

Notes

  1. 8.2.15.prne luminibus officiatur — A passive construction of the verb officere, which governs the dative. In Latin, verbs governing the dative are used impersonally in the passive voice.
  2. 8.2.15.prquod — Functions as a conjunction introducing the reason or specific explanation for the previous statement 'aliud et aliud obseruatur' ('in that...', 'for...', or 'because...').
  3. 8.2.15.prnon officere — An infinitive used substantively or descriptively to express the obligation ('not to obstruct') that is observed under the category of 'in luminibus'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.2.15.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.15.pr

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