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Solum Provinciale

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In Roman law. The solum italicum, (an extension of the old Ager Romanus) admitted full ownership, and of the application to it of usucajdo; whereas the solum provinciate (an extension of the old Ager Publims) admitted of a possessory title only, and of longi ternporis possessio only. Justinian abolished all distinctions between the two, sinking the italicum to the level of the provinoiale. Brown. SOLUM REX HOC NON FACERE POtest, quod non potest injuste agere. This alone the king cannot do, — he cannot act unjustly.

11 Coke, 72.