Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
superficies solo cedit
English translation:
the surface yields to the ground
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Karl Apsel
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"superficies solo cedit"
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"Superficies solo cedit" is the Roman law principle governing land ownership. I understand what it (the principle) means but I would like to provide an accurate translation of the Latin maxim.
Is it something like "limited to the surface alone"?
Thanks for your help!
Is it something like "limited to the surface alone"?
Thanks for your help!
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The Latin literally means 'the surface yields to the ground'
superficies=surface
cedo=I yield
solum -i = the ground/earth
cedo=I yield
solum -i = the ground/earth
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Comment: "Thanks a lot to both answerers. As pointed out in my question I was looking for a literal translation of the Latin, so here we go...
Thanks again to both of you!"
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Kirill Semenov
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everything what is built on the land (buildings) belong to the owner of the land
Two things, the property of two persons, might become so united as not to be separable without injury to one or both; in this case the owner of the principal thing became the owner of the accessory. Thus, in the case of a man building on another man's ground, the building belonged to the owner of the ground (superficies solo cedit); or in the case of a tree planted, or seed sown on another man's ground, the rule was the same, when the tree or seed had taken root.
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-11-16 15:51:50 GMT)
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everything what is on the land belongs to the land's owner
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/...
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-11-16 15:51:50 GMT)
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everything what is on the land belongs to the land's owner
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