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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.4.7.pr-8.4.7.1

Specification of Servitudes and Intervening Property

Passage 1454 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the necessity of specifying the type of servitude when transferring one of two houses, and the method of imposing servitudes when a third party's house or land intervenes, including the suspension of its effect.

[PAULUS libro quinto ad Sabinum. ] §8.4.7.prIn tradendis unis aedibus ab eo, qui binas habet, species seruitutis exprimenda est, ne, si generaliter seruire dictum erit, aut nihil ualeat, quia incertum sit, quae seruitus excepta sit, aut omnis seruitus imponi debeat.
[PAULUS, on Sabinus, book 5] In the transfer of one house by an owner of two, the class of servitude must be specified, lest, if it is stated generally "to serve," it either has no effect because it is uncertain which servitude has been reserved, or all servitudes must be imposed.
§8.4.7.1Interpositis quoque alienis aedibus imponi potest, ueluti ut altius tollere uel non tollere liceat uel etiam si iter debeatur, ut ita conualescat, si mediis aedibus seruitus postea imposita fuerit: sicuti per plurium praedia seruitus imponi etiam diuersis temporibus potest.
A servitude can also be imposed even when another's house is interposed between them—for example, a right to build higher or not to build higher, or even if a right of way is owed—in such a way that it becomes effective if a servitude is subsequently imposed on the intervening house; just as a servitude can be imposed through the estates of several persons even at different times.
quamquam dici potest, si tria praedia continua habeam et extremum tibi tradam, uel tuo uel meis praediis seruitutem adquiri posse: si uero extremo, quod retineam, quia et medium meum sit, seruitutem consistere, sed si rursus aut id, cui adquisita sit seruitus, aut medium alienauero, interpellari eam, donec medio praedio seruitus imponatur.
Although it can be said that, if I have three continuous estates and transfer the furthest one to you, a servitude can be acquired either for your estate or for my estates; but if it is for the furthest estate which I retain, since the middle one is also mine, the servitude is established, but if I subsequently alienate either the one for which the servitude was acquired or the middle one, the servitude is suspended until a servitude is imposed on the middle estate.

Notes

  1. §8.4.7.prexcepta sit — Subjunctive passive perfect of the verb excipere, meaning "excepted" or "reserved." Here, it refers to the servitude reserved by the seller for the benefit of the house they retain when transferring one of the two houses.
  2. §8.4.7.1ut ita conualescat — Shows the legal doctrine that when another's land is interposed, the servitude does not immediately have full effect, but "becomes valid/effective (conualescere)" retrospectively or upon fulfillment of the condition, provided that a servitude is subsequently imposed on the intervening land.
  3. §8.4.7.1interpellari eam — 'eam' is the feminine accusative singular referring to 'seruitutem' (servitude). 'interpellari' is the passive infinitive meaning "to be interrupted" or "suspended." It indicates that while the exercise of the servitude is temporarily suspended due to the middle estate becoming owned by a third party, it is not extinguished but can be revived once a servitude is re-imposed on the middle estate.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.4.7.pr-8.4.7.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.4.7.pr-8.4.7.1

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