Initially means home, e.g. as the object of purchase and sale ( locatio conductio ; Dig. 2,14,4; 19,2,5) or a protective object of the lex Cornelia de iniuriis (Dig. 47,10,5,5). Habitatio also means the right to live, which is founded in part on legacy ( legatum ) (Dig. 7,8,10 pr.). The relationship of the habitatio to the usus and the usus fructus (usufruct) was doubtful. In effect (effectu quidem) the habitatio legata ‘almost’ (paene) was covered by the usus legatus (Papin./Ulp. Dig. 7,8,10 pr.). The Roman jurists occupied themselves with questions lik…
Habitatio(223 words)
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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden), “Habitatio”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e501070>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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