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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.5.5.pr

Imposing Height Restrictions on Non-Adjacent Land

Passage 1470 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It is argued that a servitude of not building higher can be imposed on a non-adjacent building if another building intervenes, as long as the intervening owner does not build higher, since the servitude remains useful.

[PAULUS libro uicensimo primo ad edictum. ] §8.5.5.pret ideo si inter meas et Titii aedes tuae aedes intercedant, possum Titii aedibus seruitutem imponere, ne liceat ei altius tollere, licet tuis non imponatur: quia donec tu non extollis, est utilitas seruitutis.
[PAULUS, book 21 on the Edict] And therefore, if your building intervenes between my building and that of Titius, I can impose a servitude on the building of Titius, that he may not be allowed to build higher, even though none is imposed on yours; because as long as you do not build higher, there is a utility in the servitude.

Notes

  1. §8.5.5.prlicet tuis non imponatur — The concessive conjunction licet ('although', 'even though') governs the present subjunctive imponatur. tuis is a dative feminine plural adjective used substantively, referring back to the preceding aedibus ('buildings'), meaning 'to yours'. Since imponatur is passive, it translates as 'even though [a servitude] is not imposed on yours'.
  2. §8.5.5.prdonec tu non extollis — The temporal conjunction donec ('as long as', 'until') is combined with the negative non and the present indicative extollis ('you raise up'). The action of raising refers back to altius tollere ('to build higher'). It expresses the condition under which the servitude remains useful, meaning 'as long as you do not build higher'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.5.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.5.5.pr

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