Roman Law Terms with Letters Z
Zenonianae constitutiones. Enactments of the emperor Zeno (a.d. 474-491). Some of them are mentioned by Justinian in his Institutes; they are inserted in full in his Code. The most renowned among this emperor’s enactments is C.
8.10.12 (the exact date is unknown). It was concerned with the construction of buildings in Constantinople and contained provisions about the height of buildings, the distance between neighboring houses, staircases, etc. There were also procedural rules concerning controversies among neighbors. Penalties for contravention were set not only against the owner of the ground but also the architects and workmen. A contractor who re-(TRANS. AMER. PHIL. SOC. fused to finish the construction he was obligated to build was punished by a fine; in the case of insolvency and consequent impossibility of continuing the work, he was castigated and expelled from the city. Jurisdiction in all these matters was vested in the praejectus urbi.—See aedificatio.
H. E. Dirksen, H inter lassene Schriften 2 (1871) 229; Brugi, RISG 4 (1887) 395; Voigt, BerSdchGW 1903, 190; Biondi, BIDR 44 (1937) 362.
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