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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.2.18.pr

Remedies for Damage Caused by Attached Water Pipes

Passage 1386 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains that if water pipes attached to a house cause damage, the owner of the house has an action on the case (actio in factum) and can also demand a stipulation against threatened damage (damnum infectum).

[POMPONIUS libro decimo ad Sabinum. ] §8.2.18.prSi fistulae, per quas aquam ducas, aedibus meis applicatae damnum mihi dent, in factum actio mihi competit: sed et damni infecti stipulari a te potero.
[POMPONIUS in the tenth book on Sabinus.] If the pipes through which you conduct water, being attached to my house, should cause me damage, an action on the case is available to me; but I shall also be able to demand from you a stipulation against threatened damage.

Notes

  1. §8.2.18.prapplicatae — A perfect passive participle agreeing with the feminine plural subject fistulae. It functions not only as a simple attributive modifier ('pipes attached'), but also carries a circumstantial nuance, implying 'by being attached' or 'when attached' in this context.
  2. §8.2.18.prdamni infecti — Genitive ('of threatened damage'). It functions as the object of the deponent infinitive stipulari ('to demand a stipulation'). This is an idiomatic legal expression derived from the noun phrase stipulatio damni infecti (stipulation against threatened damage), where the verb, which normally governs an accusative, is used with a genitive in the context of this specific type of stipulation.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.2.18.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.18.pr

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