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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.3.24.pr

Permissibility of Lending Aqueduct Water to Neighbors

Passage 1433 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

On whether water from an aqueduct can be lent to a neighbor, Labeo's affirmative opinion and Proculus's negative opinion are contrasted, with Proculus's view being deemed more correct.

[POMPONIUS libro trigensimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §8.3.24.prEx meo aquae ductu Labeo scribit cuilibet posse me uicino commodare: Proculus contra, ut ne in meam partem fundi aliam, quam ad quam seruitus adquisita sit, uti ea possit.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, Book 33] Labeo writes that I can lend water from my aqueduct to any neighbor I like. Proculus, on the contrary, holds that it cannot be used on any other part of my land than that for which the servitude was acquired.
Proculi sententia uerior est.
Proculus' opinion is more correct.

Notes

  1. 8.3.24.prProculus contra, ut ne — A verb of saying or thinking (such as scribit or censet) is omitted after contra, and the following ut ne clause functions as a noun clause expressing Proculus's opinion or decree.
  2. 8.3.24.pruti ea possit — The verb possit is in the third person singular, creating a mismatch with the preceding first-person reference meam. This reflects a shift from the concrete hypothetical case ('my aqueduct') to a general rule ('no one/the owner cannot use it'), or it can be understood as an impersonal expression ('it cannot be used').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.3.24.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.3.24.pr

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