Note 76 — THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTY IN LAND
Margaret Ashley translation
“Silvarum, montium, et pascui unicuique pro rata possessionis suppetit esse commune.” The same rule is to be found in another form in the law of the Burgundians, tit. 67: “Quicumque agrum vel colonicas tenent, secundum terrarum modum vel possessionis suæ ratam, sic silvam inter se noverint dividendam.” Neither in the one passage nor in the other is there any reference to a forest common to all.