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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.6.1.pr

Extinction of Praedial Servitudes by Merger

Passage 1487 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This passage states that praedial servitudes are extinguished by merger (confusio) when the same person becomes the owner of both estates.

[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §8.6.1.prSeruitutes praediorum confunduntur, si idem utriusque praedii dominus esse coeperit.
[GAIUS, from the seventh book on the provincial edict.] Praedial servitudes are extinguished by merger if the same person becomes the owner of both estates.

Notes

  1. 8.6.1.prconfunduntur — In a legal context, the verb "confundere" refers to the extinguishment of a right (such as a servitude) by "merger" (confusio) when the ownership of both estates is united in the same person.
  2. 8.6.1.prcoeperit — The future perfect form of the inceptive verb "coepisse" (to begin), which is frequently used in legal Latin to formally express the transition into a state (i.e., "comes to be" or "becomes").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.6.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.6.1.pr

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