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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.3.5.pr-8.3.5.1

Requirement of Neighboring Land and Servitude Limits

Passage 1414 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Agreeing with Papinian, Ulpian cites Neratius to state that servitudes like drawing water or extracting chalk cannot exist without a neighboring estate, and are limited to what is necessary for that estate.

[ULPIANUS libro septimo decimo ad edictum. ] §8.3.5.prErgo secundum eum et uindicari poterit.
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, Book 17] Therefore, according to him, it will also be possible to claim it by action.
§8.3.5.1Neratius libris ex Plautio ait nec haustum nec appulsum pecoris nec cretae eximendae calcisque coquendae ius posse in alieno esse, nisi fundum uicinum habeat: et hoc Proculum et Atilicinum existimasse ait.
Neratius, in his books on Plautius, says that neither the right of drawing water, nor of driving cattle to water, nor of extracting chalk, nor of burning lime can exist on another's land, unless one has a neighboring estate; and he says that Proculus and Atilicinus were also of this opinion.
sed ipse dicit, ut maxime calcis coquendae et cretae eximendae seruitus constitui possit, non ultra posse, quam quatenus ad eum ipsum fundum opus sit:
But he himself says that, even granting that a servitude of burning lime and extracting chalk can be established to the maximum extent, it cannot be established beyond what is necessary for that estate itself.

Notes

  1. §8.3.5.pruindicari — The verb vindicare (passive infinitive vindicari) refers here to asserting or claiming a right in court by an action in rem (specifically vindicatio servitutis, later known as actio confessoria).
  2. §8.3.5.1ut maxime ... possit — The phrase ut maxime introduces a concessive clause with the subjunctive possit ("even granting to the utmost that..."), modifying the main infinitive clause non ultra posse (with constitui understood).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.3.5.pr-8.3.5.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.3.5.pr-8.3.5.1

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