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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.5.14.pr-8.5.14.1

Blocking New Beams and Actions for Leaning Common Walls

Passage 1479 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains that even if one has previously permitted another to insert beams, they can block new insertions, and that an action can be brought if a common wall leans toward one's house due to the other party's work.

[POMPONIUS libro trigensimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §8.5.14.prSi, cum meus proprius esset paries, passus sim te immittere tigna quae antea habueris: si noua uelis immittere, prohiberi a me potes: immo etiam agere tecum potero, ut ea, quae noua immiseris, tollas.
[POMPONIUS, book 33 on Sabinus.] If, when the wall was my own property, I permitted you to insert the beams which you previously had: if you should wish to insert new ones, you can be prohibited by me; nay, I shall even be able to bring an action against you, so that you may remove those which you have newly inserted.
§8.5.14.1Si paries communis opere abs te facto in aedes meas se inclinauerit, potero tecum agere ius tibi non esse parietem illum ita habere.
If a common wall, due to work done by you, should lean toward my house, I shall be able to bring an action against you to the effect that you have no right to have that wall in such a condition.

Notes

  1. 8.5.14.prpassus sim — Subjunctive perfect in the protasis `si ... passus sim`, expressing a concession regarding a past fact ("even if I permitted"). The apodosis is in the indicative present `potes`.
  2. 8.5.14.1opere abs te facto — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun `opus` and the participle `factum`, expressing the cause of the leaning ("due to work done by you").
  3. 8.5.14.1ius tibi non esse — An accusative with infinitive clause with the infinitive `habere`, describing the content of the claim ("that you have no right...") dependent on the verb `agere` (to bring an action).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.5.14.pr-8.5.14.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.5.14.pr-8.5.14.1

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