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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.2.8.pr

Prohibition of Unilateral Demolition and Rebuilding of a Common Wall

Passage 1376 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that neither neighbor has the unilateral right to demolish and rebuild a wall that is common by the nature of things.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §8.2.8.prParietem, qui naturali ratione communis est, alterutri uicinorum demoliendi eum et reficiendi ius non est, quia non solus dominus est.
[GAIUS in the seventh book on the provincial edict.] With regard to a wall which by the nature of things is common, neither of the neighbors has the right to demolish and rebuild it, because he is not the sole owner.

Notes

  1. §8.2.8.prParietem — The accusative Parietem at the beginning of the sentence is placed as a thematic topic, serving as the antecedent of the relative clause qui...est and then being resumed by the pronoun eum as the object of the gerund demoliendi.
  2. §8.2.8.pralterutri — Dative singular of the pronominal adjective alteruter ('either of the two'). Combined with ius non est (dative of possession), in this negative sentence it means 'neither of the two has the right.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.2.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.2.8.pr

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