things that could form
part or the private
estate or assets of an
individual or within the
spheres of trades
extra nostrum patrimonio/
extra commercium
things that
were not
susceptible to
private
ownershipor
outside the
sphere of trade
subclassified into things
subject to devine law or
under the protection of
the gods - divini iuris
things subject to
human law that
accrued to all people
collectively - humani iuris
divini iuris
things that are
subject to
religious law
types
res sacrae
sacred things
consacrated to
the goda bove
res religiosae
dedicated to the
spirits of the
dead
res sanctae
sanctified
things are
subject to
religious law
nullius in bonis
something subject to
religious law belongs to
nobody
humani iuris
things
subject to
secular law
something subject to
secular law often
belongs to somebody
types
res communes
were not able of being privately
owned included things deemed
common to all mankind, ex air,
water
res pubblicae
things belonging to the
state for use of its citizens
ex roads, harbours
res universitatis
things belonging to a
particular city for the use
and enjoyment of its
inhabitants ex theatres
res corporales
things that could be
touched or
perceived by the
senses
res mobiles
res immobiles
res incorporales
intangible things or
things not capable of
sensory perception that
the law recognized and
protected ex real and
personal rights
res fungibiles
things that could usually be
measured, counted or
weighted , later called
replaceable
res non fungibiles
specific thing that were
irreplaceable
res quae usu consumuntur
things that were consumed by
normal use ex: wine, clothing
universitas rerum cohaerentium
things that could
form a composite unit
ex house
universitas
rerum
distantium
separate objects ex
herd of cattle
ownership
was the most complete or
extensive right a person could
hold in respect of a corporal
thing,
ius utendi- ius fruendi- ius
abutendi - he had the right
to use, enjoy and even abuse
his property
forms
dominium ex iure Quiritium
namely, civil ownership
traditional form of ownership, it could
be exercized only by roman citizens or
person vested with the ius commercii
in bonis habere
praetorian or bonitary ownership
emerged in the late republican age as a
result of the intervention of the praetor
who could grant legal remedies when a
person deserved protection in relation to a
thingwithout being its owner
modes of acquisition
original
the person acquired the
right of ownership in
respect of a thing without
intervention by or
dependence on another
person
modes
usucapio
the possession and use
of a thing belonging to
another person for a
certain period
converted the possessor
into the owner of that
thing
purpose: establish legal certainty
by removing doubt in respect of
the right of ownership over a thing
after the appropriate period
objects: res extra nostrum
patrimonium (res sacrae,
religiosae and sanctae) and res
furtivae
2* requirement was
possession: the person
who was to acquire
ownership had to retain
physical control of the
property in question for
an uninterrupted and
prescribed period
existance of a causa (iusta causa) or a
title (iustus titulus) and the
requirement of good faith (bona
fides) ahere the person who acquired
possession of the property in
question had to honestly believe that
the relevant transaction made him
owner of the property
occupation
res nullius:
taking possession of a thing
belonging to no one but capable
of being in commerciowith the
intention of becoming owner
accessio
occured when separate thing belonging to
different owners were inseparably joined to each
other or merged in such a manner that a new
entity or object was established
forms
of immovables to
immovables (alluvio)
movables to immovables (inaedificatio)
movables to movables (confusio)
derived
when a person acquired
ownership of a thing from
another
mancipatio
ancient and formal institution of
the ius civile, it was employed to
transfer ownership of certain
things: res mancipi
establish other rights ex:
servitudes
to create marital
power over a
wife: manus
to compose a
testament:
testamentum per aes et
libram
the procedure required the
presence of at least 5 roman
citizens and a 6th person (libripens)
who held a pair of bronze scales.
the transferee grasped the object to
be conveyed (if movable) or a
representation of it (immovable) in
one hand and a piece of bronze in
the other while he formally
declared that the object was his in
accordance with the ancient civil
law (ius Quiritium) and that it had
been purchased "with copper and
scale". he then struck the scales
with the piece of bronze and
handed it to the transferor as a
symbol of the price.
its a kind of symbolic sale
(imaginary venditio)
res mancipi
in iure cessio
res mancipi
things with respect to which
ownership could be transferred
only in a formal manner by way of
ager Romanus or
pradeia italica
lands and buildings
on italian soil
servitutes rusticae
rustic praedial
servitudes ex water
over land
its a formal institution of ius civile, this
method of conveyance was used for different
purposes: to transfer ownership over corporeal
property of every kind ; to create and
extinguish praedial servitudes and usufruct
it assumed the form of a
fictitious trial concerning
an assertion of ownership
(rei vindicatio) before the
praetor (in iure) for the
purpose of a formal
divesting of ownership in
respect of an object by
one person in favor of
another
traditio
res nec mancipi
owners could be transferred informally
with simple delivery
originated from the ius gentium and involved the informal
transfer of the actual control of a corporeal thing on the
grounds of some lawful causa (iusta causa). it could be used to
transfer res nec mancipi. it is the only form recognized in
Justinians law
traditiones fictae
traditio corporalis
traditio longa manu
when the control of the thing
passed from the traansferor to
the transferee without any tactile
contact with the thing
traditio brevi manu
when the intended tranferee already had
physical control of the thing whose
ownership was being transferres but not as
an own
constitutum possessorium
opposite of brevi manu; the person
wishing to alienate a thing remained in
physical control of the thing after the
alienation because of a supplementary
agrreement with the new owner
traditio symbolica
when a symbol of the thing
whose ownership was being
transferred rather than the
thing itself was delivered
protection
rei vindicatio
a real action (actio in rem)
derived from the ius civile that
served to protect the civil law
owner
actio publiciana
an actio in rem granted by the
praetor to the person who acquired a
res mancipi in an informal manner by
way of traditio rather than mancipatio
or in iure cessio
an actio ficitcia as it was based on the fiction that the
bonitary owner had already become a true civil law
owner through the process of usucapio
when a person received bona fide and ex iusta causa a thing from a non
dominus and was in the process of acquiring ownership of such thing by
means of usucapio, such person should institute the actio publiciana
against any person who had assumed possession of the thing without
having a lawful title
actio negatoria
instituted by the owner of landed property against any person who,
without challenging the plaintiffs right of ownership, claimed a servitude
or similar right in respect of his land
limitations
actio aquae pluviae arcendae
if a person artificially directed
the flow of rainwater onto the
property of a neighbour, the
latter can demand restoration of
the status quo
cautio damni infecti
if a structure in a
dilapidated state
threatened to collapse
and cause damage to
the property of a
neighbour, the latter
can request the praetor
to provide security
against possible
damage
operis novi nuntiatio
when the owner of a
property started
construction work in a
way that his neighbour
feared possible damage
to his own property
interests, the latter had
the right to demand that
the owner ceased the
work
interdictum quod
vi aut clam
when a person forcibly or
clandestinly erected a
structure or did some work
on land prejudicating a
neighbour, it could be
instituted against the
builder to compel him to
restore the status quo
actio finium regundorum
a dispute regarding the boundary between
neighbouring properties could entail one of the
owners institutingthe afr against the other for the
purpose of having the boundary determined
joint
denote ownership of the same
object bu two or more persons
simultaneously
consortium ercto non cito
included a community of sui heredes who,
after the death of their pater familias,
became joint owners of his property when
such property remained undevided
communio pro
indivisio/condominium
when two or more individuals purchased
or inherited the same property
possessio
2 elements
corpus
the actual physical control of
a thing
animus
the intention of exercizing
such actual control,
normally as the owner
naturalis/detentio
the possession of persons who,
although they had physical control of
a thing, could not seek the protection
of possessory interdicts; the holder of
the thing did not intend to keep the
thing for himself .
civilis/p. ad usucapionem
form of protected
possession that could lead
to full ownership through
usucapio
requirements: physical
control of the object and
adjust legal titlefor
possession
interdicts
interdicta adipiscendae possessionis
i. that aimed at obtaining possession
interdicta retinendae possessionis
aimed at retaining possession
interdicta recuperandae possessionis
aimed at regaining possession
diritti reali
praedial servitude
urban
ncerned wlizationith
urban uti
res nec mancipi
created by cessio in iure
rustic
created by mancipatio
res mancipi
peso che grava su un fondo a
vantaggio dell'altro fondo, il
fondo dominante deve trarre
utilità oggettiva dal fondo
servente; le servitù possono
avere un soggetto vario,
l'unica cosa che non può
costituire è di imporre un
comportamento positivo
personal servitude
usufructus
the right to enjoy the property of others
but to preserve the substance of the same;
use anothers property without taking the
fruits