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NEGATIVE SERVITUDE
Negative servitude is a type of real servitude in civil law that allows a person to prohibit the servient landowner from exercising a right. For example, a negative servitude, such as jus ne luminibus officiatur, prevents an owner of land from building in a way that blocks light from reaching another person's house.
These examples illustrate how negative servitude limits a landowner's right to use their property in a way that would negatively impact their neighbor's property.