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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.2.2.pr

Specific Examples and Types of Urban Servitudes

Passage 1370 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius lists representative examples of servitudes concerning urban estates (urban servitudes).

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §8.2.2.prUrbanorum praediorum iura talia sunt: altius tollendi et officiendi luminibus uicini aut non extollendi: item stillicidium auertendi in tectum uel aream uicini aut non auertendi: item immittendi tigna in parietem uicini et denique proiciendi protegendiue ceteraque istis similia.
[GAIUS in the seventh book on the Provincial Edict.] The rights of urban estates are such as these: the right of raising a building higher and obstructing the light of a neighbor, or of not raising it; likewise of discharging rainwater onto the roof or area of a neighbor, or of not discharging it; likewise of inserting beams into the wall of a neighbor, and finally of projecting or overhanging, and other things similar to these.

Notes

  1. §8.2.2.praltius tollendi — The genitive of the gerund tollendi modifying the noun iura in the main clause. It means the right of raising a building higher, which, together with its counterpart non extollendi, represents a typical urban servitude.
  2. §8.2.2.prnon extollendi — non extollendi (elliptical for altius non extollendi) literally means "of not raising [it] higher," but legally refers to the negative servitude of preventing a neighbor from building higher.
  3. §8.2.2.profficiendi luminibus uicini — The genitive of the gerund officiendi (modifying iura) governs the dative, hence luminibus uicini (dative of the neuter plural lumen, "light") is in the dative case, meaning "obstructing the light of a neighbor."
  4. §8.2.2.prproiciendi protegendiue — The genitive gerunds proiciendi and protegendi (connected by the enclitic conjunction -ue) modify iura. proicere refers to projecting structures like balconies, while protegere refers to overhanging eaves or roofs over a neighbor's property.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.2.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.2.pr

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