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Superficiarius

SUPERFICIARIUS, civ. law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent. This is not very different from the owner of a lot on ground rent in Pennsylvania. Dig. 43, 18, 1 and 2.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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"Eorum, qui bona fide absunt in stipulatione damni infecti ius non corrumpitur, sed reversis cavendi ex bono at aequo potestas datur, sive domini sint, sive aliquid in ea re ius habeant, qualis est creditor et fructuarius et superficiarius" (76).
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