Decreto et consensu amplissimi Facultatis Iuridicae Ordinis inclyta & celeberrima Basiliensium Academia, pro summo consequendo in Utroque Iure Gradu, Ad subsequentes ex tit. Codicis de Iure Emphyteutico Positiones

Emphyteusis A long-term lease of land, typically for agricultural improvement. is a named contract of civil law, and (however much others might disagree) of good faith, by which an estate is given to be enjoyed and cultivated for a certain annual payment or rent.

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At first, it was accustomed to be used without any certain law and without any certain form, but was similar in part to leasing and hiring, and in part to buying and selling.

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Until the Emperor Zeno, seeking a remedy for this confusion, gave a proper form and law to this contract.

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Furthermore, there is an Ecclesiastical Emphyteusis, which consists of property of the Church, granted with the recognition of a legitimate cause; and there is a secular one, which consists of profane or secular property.

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Emphyteusis is established in various ways, both among the living and through last wills; but also by prescription; and either in perpetuity, or for a time, or for a certain generation.

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All who are permitted to lease and sell are also able to give and receive an Emphyteusis.

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However, stewards Oeconomi managers/stewards of churches or even of venerable places, and likewise their parents, children, and those joined by the right of affinity, can in no way approach the leasing of Church property.

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It is performed only on land property. For the very nature of the contract dictates that no Emphyteusis can be granted for movable property.