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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §8.6.11.pr-8.6.11.1

Use of Unauthorized Vehicles and Servitudes on Conditionally Bequeathed Land

Passage 1497 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This section discusses whether a servitude of way is lost when a different type of vehicle than agreed upon is used, and examines the legal effects of servitudes imposed on or acquired for an estate bequeathed under a condition.

[MARCELLUS libro quarto digestorum. ] §8.6.11.prIs cui uia uel actus debebatur, ut uehiculi certo genere uteretur, alio genere fuerat usus: uideamus ne amiserit seruitutem et alia sit eius condicio, qui amplius oneris quam licuit uexerit, magisque hic plus quam aliud egisse uideatur: sicuti latiore itinere usus esset aut si plura iumenta egerit quam licuit aut aquae admiscuerit aliam.
[MARCELLUS, from the fourth book of the Digests.] A person to whom a right of way or a right to drive a beast was owed under the condition that he should use a certain kind of vehicle, used another kind. Let us consider whether he has not lost the servitude, and whether his situation is not different from that of one who has carried a heavier load than was permitted, and whether this person should not rather be deemed to have done more than what was permitted rather than something different; just as if he had used a wider path, or had driven more beasts than was allowed, or had mixed other water with the water he drew.
ideoque in omnibus istis quaestionibus seruitus quidem non amittitur, non autem conceditur plus quam pactum est in seruitute habere.
Therefore, in all these cases, the servitude itself is indeed not lost, but it is not permitted to have more in the servitude than was agreed upon.
§8.6.11.1Heres, cum legatus esset fundus sub condicione, imposuit ei seruitutes: extinguentur, si legati condicio existat.
An heir, when an estate had been bequeathed under a condition, imposed servitudes upon it; these will be extinguished if the condition of the bequest is fulfilled.
uideamus, an adquisitae sequantur legatarium: et magis dicendum est, ut sequantur.
Let us consider whether servitudes acquired for the estate follow the legatee; and it should rather be said that they do follow.

Notes

  1. §8.6.11.pruideamus ne — The phrase uideamus ne introduces a cautious consideration, meaning "let us see whether ... not" or "let us consider if ... might not." It expresses a potential concern that the person might indeed have lost the servitude.
  2. §8.6.11.prplus quam aliud egisse — Meaning "to have done more than [what was permitted] rather than something different." This explains a key legal distinction: a qualitative deviation (doing "something different," aliud, which might forfeit the servitude) versus a quantitative excess (doing "more," plus, which merely restricts the excess without extinguishing the underlying servitude).
  3. §8.6.11.1adquisitae — A feminine plural perfect participle modifying the implied noun seruitutes (servitudes). It refers to the servitudes that were "acquired" by the heir for the benefit of the estate (as the dominant tenement) before the condition of the bequest was fulfilled.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §8.6.11.pr-8.6.11.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.6.11.pr-8.6.11.1

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